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No charges will be laid against a Quebec reporter who was arrested after he requested an interview with a woman who was the subject of one of his stories, Crown officials said Thursday.
Google, Facebook and Twitter are facing criticism for providing a platform for false information to spread, potentially impacting the last U.S. election that saw Donald Trump elected as president.
Quebec's director of criminal and penal prosecutions is still mulling over whether to file charges against a reporter who was arrested after contacting someone for an interview.
National Observer watched, listened and transcribed parts of seven one-on-one interviews Doug Ford gave after becoming Ontario PC leader. While it would not be fair to say media members only lobbed softball questions at the public figure, many gave him a great deal of space to touch broadly on his winning platform without getting into the weeds on what he will actually do if elected premier.
Gatineau police director Mario Harel admitted Friday that his department was in uncharted territory, but he stood behind a decision to arrest a Radio-Canada journalist this week, despite mounting criticism that the arrest could have a silencing effect on working reporters.
Antoine Trépanier was arrested Tuesday night after spending a few days working on an investigation about a woman who had practiced as a lawyer in Ontario without being a member of the law society.
Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has delivered a stern warning to internet giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, that the federal government is planning a crackdown.
Federal investigators have conducted searches at the Toronto offices of Canada's largest print media companies as part of an ongoing investigation into a mega deal that resulted in the shutdown of dozens of daily newspapers.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I really welcome the day when half the population will consider the grievances of the other half as something they should seriously be interested in; not just something they get to react to or debate when they feel like it.
