Facebook friend Biden to meet Trudeau as Canada considers new social media rules
Facebook friend Biden to meet Trudeau as Canada considers new social media rules
By targeting Facebook and Google with new regulations, Ottawa is hitting two of the president s key campaign contributors By Charlie Smith
Prime Minister s Office
For years, Canadian critics of Big Tech have been accusing the Justin Trudeau government of being too lenient on Silicon Valley giants like Google and Facebook.
But last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbealt surprised some by suggesting that the federal government may join Australia in ensuring that Facebook and Google pay for news content produced by Canadian publishers.
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Want better instructors at universities and colleges? Then emphasize teaching, not research, when recruiting faculty members.
Students at the University of Iowa attend a lecture via television. Photo: Bettmann Archive By Randall Stross Dec. 14, 2020 6:36 pm ET
As the pandemic has forced most colleges and universities to adopt remote instruction, itâs worth remembering that more than 50 years ago some schools voluntarily experimented with remote instruction via televised classes. That did not go well either. Students did not feel the same connection to their instructors and that, in turn, made a difference in what was learned. âItâs better to have a poor instructor in the classroom,â said one unhappy professor in 1967, âthan to have a good one on TV.â