July 8, 2021
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Hudson’s Bay Identity Theft
Twitter conversations seem more interesting than the media's coverage on Canada's first Indigenous Governor-General. The Bay tries to empower BIPOC while stealing one's likeness without consent. And Canada's new "guiding principles" for diverse content online feel off to Jesse.
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Tiffany Lam
Producer
Tristan Capacchione
Audio Editor & Technical Producer
Writer and lawyer Hadiya Roderique co-hosts.
Links:
  • Hadiya’s essay that the stolen photograph actually accompanied
  • The “Guiding principles on diversity of content online” here (Press release with a shorter summary here)
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