There’s a lot of controversy around social media age limits — and rightfully so. But six months after Australia’s youth ban, other countries are already learning lessons.
Legislation in Brazil and Canada pairs age limits with design standards, including an opt out if platforms are “safe by design.” Experimentation is the route to better policy, instead of endlessly debating while tech companies evade accountability.
https://disconnect.blog/social-media-policy-is-evolving-beyond-age-limits/
Sometimes I think closing our DataPac in favour of TCP/IP was a bad idea.
Attached: 1 image New, from me: Alleged Kimwolf Botmaster 'Dort' Arrested, Charged in U.S. and Canada Canadian authorities on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man on suspicion of building and operating Kimwolf, a fast spreading Internet-of-Things botnet that enslaved millions of devices for use in a series of massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the past six months. KrebsOnSecurity publicly named the suspect in February 2026 after the accused launched a volley of DDoS, doxing and swatting campaigns against this author and a security researcher. He now faces criminal hacking charges in both Canada and the United States. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/alleged-kimwolf-botmaster-dort-arrested-charged-in-u-s-and-canada/ #botnet #ddos #kimwolf #cybercrime
This is encouraging #news - from earlier #thisweek. I can't imagine how they thought it was a good idea to align themselves and US #terrorism
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#Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes returns to CEO role on interim basis, as Irina #Novoselsky exits / Change comes after #controversy over contract between company and #DHS
The CEO of Hootsuite has stepped down after spending the last several months defending a contract between the company and a controversial U.S. government department, making way for the firm's founder to return on an interim basis.
When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
https://disconnect.blog/escaping-the-trap-of-us-tech-dependence/
For decades, Canadians eagerly rushed onto US tech platforms and services. But now the drawbacks of that dependence are on full display.
For the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, I explain the economic and political consequences of a US-dominated internet — and why digital sovereignty is imperative.
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/every-data-centre-is-a-u-s-military-base/
#tech #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #digitalsovereignty #politics
Is The Fediverse The Key To #Canadian Digital Sovereignty?
When a garbage company becomes Regina's "best news source" because Meta banned actual journalism, we have a problem.
🇨🇦 What if I told you:
- We're hemorrhaging $9.6B/year to Silicon Valley
- 66% of our software engineers flee to the US
- We invented Java, Ethereum, and ActivityPub—the tools of our own digital colonization
- A Canadian citizen (Musk) uses his American platform to call Canada "not a real country"
The Fediverse isn't perfect. But at least we control it. Corporations can't turn off our communication at a whim when they don't like the laws passed by our parliament.
New article: https://mathewstorm.ca/blog/Digital_Sovereignty/fediverse-sovereignty-journalistic/
#Fediverse #DigitalSovereignty #Canada #CanadianTech #cdnpoli #cdntech #journalism #TechPhilosophy #Philosophy #CanadaTech #boycottusa #elbowsup
Western leaders have appeased Donald Trump since he returned to power, only to be hit with new demands after every concession.
On Tuesday, Trump declared economic war on countries that regulate its tech companies. It’s time for the world to break from the US and aggressively target Silicon Valley.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/world-leaders-must-stop-appeasing
#tech #donaldtrump #digitalsovereignty #regulation #eutech #cdntech #cdnpoli #eupol
Canada is facing one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, and my home province is particularly hard hit.
Seeing how false and misleading information about the fires is spreading online has only further convinced me social media is a social cancer.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/wading-through-the-social-media-haze
#tech #socialmedia #facebook #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #meta #wildfires #canada
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