Hudson's Bay Identity Theft

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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