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Meta launches AI-based video editing tools
From left; moderator Laurene Powell-Jobs, Founder and Chair, Emerson Collective, Chris Cox, CPO, Meta, James Manyika, SVP of Research, Technology & Society, Google, and Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI, participate in a discussion entitled "Charting the Path Forward: The Future of Artificial Intelligence" during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
international business
To help 2024 voters, Meta says it will begin labeling political ads that use AI-generated imagery
FILE - The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, USA, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Facebook and Instagram users in Europe are getting the option to pay for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent’s strict data privacy rules. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
politics
Ottawa should accommodate Google’s C-18 concerns, urges group representing Canada’s major publishers
The Google News homepage is displayed on an iPhone in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.
opinion
The government dug a deep hole for itself with Bills C-11 and C-18. And it’s only digging deeper
Andrew Coyne
the decibel: a daily news podcast from the globe and mail
Australia resolved its news standoff with Meta. Could Canada?
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politics
CBC stands to get largest share of cash from Online News Act, experts say
Canada’s leading media companies are banding together to work on reducing their collective impact on the environment. People walk into a CBC building in Toronto on April 4, 2012.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
first person
Who elopes at 65? We did – because, well, why not?
technology
Meta to drop ‘Facebook News’ tab in some European countries
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
report on business
Facebook class action in Quebec can go ahead after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal
FILE - This photo shows a Facebook logo being displayed in a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F, in Paris on Jan. 17, 2017. Nearly 200 former content moderators for Facebook are suing the company and a local contractor in a court case in Kenya that could have implications for the work worldwide. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
report on business
Meta may allow Facebook, Instagram users in EU to pay to avoid ads
FILE PHOTO: The logos of Facebook and Instagram and the words "Monthly subscription" are seen in this picture illustration taken January 19, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
politics
Meta says Ottawa’s C-18 regulations aren’t enough to stop it blocking access to news
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
canada
Meta’s news ban fails to dent Facebook usage
Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartphone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
opinion
Corporate news blockades underscore the need to regulate Big Tech and rebalance power
Natasha Tusikov
politics
Trudeau accuses Facebook of prioritizing profits by blocking news access during wildfires
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks on the wildfires in B.C. and the Northwest Territories after visiting evacuees in Edmonton, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
investment ideas
Why PayPal’s stablecoin is likely to succeed where Facebook’s Libra failed
Representations of virtual currency are displayed in front of the Libra logo in this illustration picture, June 21, 2019.
canada
Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires
Minister of Sport Pascale St-Onge rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, June 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
canada
Lack of local media, Meta’s news block impact Northwest Territories residents’ access to information
This August 13, 2023 image provided by Sylvia Webster shows smoke rising from wildfires near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Thousands ordered to flee wildfires advancing on one of the largest cities in Canada's far north crammed into a local airport on August 17, 2023, to board emergency evacuation flights, as convoys snaked south to safety on the only open highway. The order late on August 16, 2023, to evacuate Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories marked the latest chapter of a terrible summer for wildfires in Canada, with tens of thousands of people forced to leave their homes and vast swathes of land scorched. (Photo by Sylvia WEBSTER / UGC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT « AFP PHOTO / Sylvia WEBSTER" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS [ NO ARCHIVE ] (Photo by SYLVIA WEBSTER/UGC/AFP via Getty Images)
technology
Meta begins removing news access for Canadians on Facebook, Instagram
FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is seen on a screen in this picture illustration taken December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Illustration/File Photo
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Big week in U.S. tech earnings in Advisor Lookahead
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