Sometimes I think closing our DataPac in favour of TCP/IP was a bad idea.

https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116614789253880525

#CdnTech #CanTech #DataPac #CanPoli

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

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hootsuite-ryan-holmes-returns-irina-novoselsky-steps-down-dhs-9.7162357

#canada #cdntech #cantech #abolishICE #fuckice #technology

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/

#tech #digitalsovereignty #politics #cdnpoli #cdntech

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

Mark Carney wants economic growth at any cost. To achieve it, he’s going after tech investment and pushing hard for AI adoption.

In the process, AI regulations are being thrown on the bonfire and tech harms are an afterthought. It’s a recipe for disaster.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/mark-carney-is-going-elbows-down

#tech #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #ai #artificialintelligence #digitialsovereignty

Mark Carney promised “elbows up” against the US, but he’s offering a warm embrace to US tech companies and the AI hype they’ve unleashed.

As Canada’s AI minister suggests AI regulation is off the table, there’s ample reason to be worried about Carney’s tech agenda.

My latest for @TheBreach: https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-ai-agenda-is-a-gift-to-big-tech/

#tech #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #ai #aihype #generativeai #politics