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Canada tries to make tech more Canadian - Exploring digital platform regulation Bills C-11 and C-18

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Analysis

Canadian Bill C-11 and Bill C-18 aim to promote domestic content on digital platforms and support the struggling news industry. Controversies around these bills highlight challenges in digital regulation and their implications for global digital governance.

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“We have to demonstrate that free societies do things better”

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Timothy Garton Ash is one of the greatest political voices in Europe. In his latest book “Homelands,” he tells the story of how Europe emerged from the ravages of war in 1945, recovered, rebuilt, and moved towards the ideal of a Europe that is “whole, free, and at peace” ‒ until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A conversation with Roderick Kefferpütz about shattered illusions, the war in Ukraine, democratic backsliding, and the fight for freedom.

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From Safer Streets to Controversy and Conspiracy

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Climate Disinformation Fellowship

In a small Canadian town, bicycle infrastructure divides neighbors as conspiracy theories and misinformation take hold. Can this once tight-knit community come together again? An investigation into how disinformation can derail climate action at the local level.

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A Fossil Fuel Miseducation

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Climate Disinformation Fellowship

In Illinois, a fossil fuel-funded group is infiltrating schools, promoting oil careers to kids. But in a state going green, advocates say they're selling students a false future. An investigation into the industry's pipeline to the classroom.

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The Loss and Damage Fund Board: Getting It Right from the Start

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The new Board of the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) faces a daunting task in 2024 to further operationalize the Fund. Key priorities include setting access modalities, allocation parameters, and a resource mobilization strategy to deliver funds to vulnerable countries and marginalized communities.

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