Competition Bureau has ordered we taxpayers reimburse $13M to Rogers for the lengthy Shaw-takeover court battle that Roger's ultimately lost? Yup.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/competition-bureau-pays-rogers-shaw-1.6951656

#canpoli #mafiabusiness

Competition Bureau ordered to pay $13M to Rogers for lengthy court battle | CBC News

Canada’s merger court asked the Competition Bureau to pay about $13 million to Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications for the lengthy court battle after its failed attempt to block the telecom firms’ $20-billion merger.

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"Late last month, the Federal Court ordered Canadian internet service providers to block access to websites featuring unlicensed streams of NHL playoff games. With the playoffs concluded, ISPs are no longer blocking those sites – so what now?"

Coming soon to our Canadian internet: even more website blocking?
#canada #canpoli #internet #splinternet #censorship #slipperyslopes #nhl #corporatemuscle #mafiabusiness #whoisinchargehere #whoknewaboutthis

https://blogs.teksavvy.com/coming-soon-to-the-canadian-internet-even-more-website-blocking

Coming soon to the Canadian internet: even more website blocking?

The court-ordered blocking of unlicensed NHL playoff streams has ended, but copyright owners are now likely to demand access denials for a host of content.

When I was in the vinyl LP business, distributors would often dangle an incredible deal with "but you have to take these too" often deletes or things no one would buy.

#Duckduckgo responds "Why our browsers won't block Microsoft trackers"

"Unfortunately our Microsoft search syndication agreement prevents us from doing more to Microsoft-owned properties. However, we have been continually pushing and expect to be doing more soon."

#microsoft #mafiabusiness #ifyouwantbing
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/25/duckduckgo_browser_microsoft_privacy/

DuckDuckGo tries to explain why its browsers won't block some Microsoft web trackers

Meanwhile, Tails 5.0 users told to stop what they're doing over Firefox flaw

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