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Pornhub is a massive Canadian website that few talked about until the New York Times called it out for profiting from the exploitation of children and rape victims. Now government is rushing to regulate all online pornography. But the NY Times piece has its origins in an anti-porn crusade from an anti-gay, racist evangelic church. Sandra Wesley, executive director of the sex worker advocacy group Stella, says that bad laws will harm sex workers, and that the "moral panic" over porn could even kill them. 

Further Reading:

The New York Times on "The Children of Pornhub"

The Daily Beast's investigation of Exodus Cry

The Globe and Mail on Feras Antoon's muddy online footprints 

The Logic on a new lawsuit against Mindgeek

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Pornhub is a massive Canadian website that few talked about until the New York Times called it out for profiting from the exploitation of children and rape victims. Now government is rushing to regulate all online pornography. But the NY Times piece has its origins in an anti-porn crusade from an anti-gay, racist evangelic church. Sandra Wesley, executive director of the sex worker advocacy group Stella, says that bad laws will harm sex workers, and that the "moral panic" over porn could even kill them. 

Further Reading:

The New York Times on "The Children of Pornhub"

The Daily Beast's investigation of Exodus Cry

The Globe and Mail on Feras Antoon's muddy online footprints 

The Logic on a new lawsuit against Mindgeek

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Twitter conversations seem more interesting than the media's coverage on Canada's first Indigenous Governor-General. The Bay tries to empower BIPOC while stealing one's likeness without consent. And Canada's new "guiding principles" for diverse content online feel off to Jesse.

Writer and lawyer Hadiya Roderique co-hosts.

Links:

• Hadiya's essay that the stolen photograph actually accompanied
• The "Guiding principles on diversity of content online" here (Press release with a shorter summary here)

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Twitter conversations seem more interesting than the media's coverage on Canada's first Indigenous Governor-General. The Bay tries to empower BIPOC while stealing one's likeness without consent. And Canada's new "guiding principles" for diverse content online feel off to Jesse.

Writer and lawyer Hadiya Roderique co-hosts.

Links:

• Hadiya's essay that the stolen photograph actually accompanied
• The "Guiding principles on diversity of content online" here (Press release with a shorter summary here)

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News stories are frequently updated, clarified or corrected online, after they've been published. But when there's no disclosure that a story has been changed, something's usually up. 

Producer/reporter Alex de Boer digs deep into one such case, when an article in Victoria News about a demonstration in support of the Wet'suwet'en protests originally centred an Indigenous land defender. That version disappeared without explanation, and a new, drastically different story suddenly appeared in its place, along with a video from Victoria's Police chief, containing claims of violence that people present say, are simply not true. How and why were these changes made? Why were they not explained? Did the police demand, and receive, a re-write? And what can we learn about Black Press, the newspaper chain that publishes Victoria News and many more B.C. papers?

Further Reading:

Feb.2, 2020 version of the story: Link
Feb.7, 2020 (and current) version of the story: Link

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News stories are frequently updated, clarified or corrected online, after they've been published. But when there's no disclosure that a story has been changed, something's usually up. 

Producer/reporter Alex de Boer digs deep into one such case, when an article in Victoria News about a demonstration in support of the Wet'suwet'en protests originally centred an Indigenous land defender. That version disappeared without explanation, and a new, drastically different story suddenly appeared in its place, along with a video from Victoria's Police chief, containing claims of violence that people present say, are simply not true. How and why were these changes made? Why were they not explained? Did the police demand, and receive, a re-write? And what can we learn about Black Press, the newspaper chain that publishes Victoria News and many more B.C. papers?

Further Reading:

Feb.2, 2020 version of the story: Link
Feb.7, 2020 (and current) version of the story: Link

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The media is fixated on whether to celebrate Canada Day as the Lower Kootenay First Nation announces the discovery of another 182 unmarked graves in BC. And after recording, Lytton BC began evacuation and we're trying to understand what a heat dome is.

Former Executive Director of APTN Karyn Pugliese co-hosts.

Links:

• More on the announcement from Lower Kootenay First Nation
• Karyn's recent piece for the National Observer: "With the help of the Mounties, the priests piled the children into boats and floated away"

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The media is fixated on whether to celebrate Canada Day as the Lower Kootenay First Nation announces the discovery of another 182 unmarked graves in BC. And after recording, Lytton BC began evacuation and we're trying to understand what a heat dome is.

Former Executive Director of APTN Karyn Pugliese co-hosts.

Links:

• More on the announcement from Lower Kootenay First Nation
• Karyn's recent piece for the National Observer: "With the help of the Mounties, the priests piled the children into boats and floated away"

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As reports of Chinese government influence in Canadian media gain traction, South China Morning Post reporter Ian Young reveals an incredible tale from the past. Almost 20 years ago, the PRC's media company actually bought a Canadian newspaper. But all is not as it seemed, and media mogul Li Bolun may have had other plans besides propaganda. Sadly, he died in a Beijing jail cell following scandalous drug and fraud charges and cannot explain his side of the story. What's left is a messy court battle and enduring concerns about who controls Chinese language media in Canada.

Further Reading: 

Who Was Li Bolun? by Ian Young https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3103793/who-was-li-bolun-disgraced-citic-media-moguls 

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As reports of Chinese government influence in Canadian media gain traction, South China Morning Post reporter Ian Young reveals an incredible tale from the past. Almost 20 years ago, the PRC's media company actually bought a Canadian newspaper. But all is not as it seemed, and media mogul Li Bolun may have had other plans besides propaganda. Sadly, he died in a Beijing jail cell following scandalous drug and fraud charges and cannot explain his side of the story. What's left is a messy court battle and enduring concerns about who controls Chinese language media in Canada.

Further Reading: 

Who Was Li Bolun? by Ian Young https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3103793/who-was-li-bolun-disgraced-citic-media-moguls 

Sponsors: Hover & Dispatch Coffee

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