Google and Meta respond to Bill C-18 by threatening to block Canadian news.

Government should've focused on "insane corporate concentration," she says, rather than the notion the platforms are "stealing" content

Host Mattea Roach is joined by Emilie Nicolas, Stuart Thomson and Les Perreaux to talk about the latest at Roxham Road, the irregular border crossing where thousands of asylum seekers flock to Canada. What’s bringing them here and what’s happening once they arrive? 

The story behind what happened when Google, one of the world’s great tech monopolies, wanted to make a “smart city" in Toronto

How internet advertising funds bad information, and how activists are working to cut that off

In Australia, the news disappeared from Facebook. And Jesse got very worried about the future.

Beware of the FANG! And how to cover Chinese infiltration — or anti-Chinese infiltration?

The pandemic could be an "extinction event" for American newspapers and so their publishers want their own government bailout. Meanwhile Canadian papers want money from Google and Facebook, too.

The secularism bill banning public workers from wearing religious symbols finally passed in Québec. Google News gathered together the heads of major media companies for a meeting and (surprise!) didn’t tell the public. And VICE reporter Ben Makuch lost a legal challenge to keep private background material from the RCMP.

And other things we learned from a deep dive into her election-related filings