Social Media and the Limits of Corporate Free Speech
The recent ban of former United States President Donald Trump from major social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, has been decried by numerous Republicans as a violation of the More
Free Speech vs. Hate Speech: The Case of Online Holocaust Denial
This article is part of a broader week-long series on free speech. Check here for other components of the series. On October 12, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be More
Canada’s Contribution to Global Conversations about Data Privacy
A new report by Shay Hershkovitz, a former Israeli intelligence officer, argues that Canadian civil liberties are increasingly jeopardized as new developments in technology allow for more pervasive collection of More
The Libra: An (Un)Ethical World Currency?
Libra is set to become Facebook’s first official cryptocurrency, with a plan to become a new global currency created to facilitate exchanges for consumers in both the developing and developed More
The US Presidential Election: A Cyber Storm
Towards the end of October, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, appeared in front of the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. He was questioned on issues regarding election interference, free More
Information-for-Profit: How Big Tech Impacts Democracy
In 1969, U.S Vice President Spiro Agnew warned that Americans ”should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles, and the concentration of power More