Canada rescinds digital services tax

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📰 Media & Journalism

Canada rescinds digital services tax in bid to advance U.S. trade talks

• Source: CTV News

  

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Public broadcasters under fire: staff and left-wing parties resist a ‘harmful’ plan in France
Mediapart
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/politique/290625/audiovisuel-public-les-salaries-et-la-gauche-vent-debout-contre-un-projet-nefaste

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France Inter cuts back on investigative journalism amid newsroom concerns
Le Nouvel Obs
https://www.nouvelobs.com/medias/20250627.OBS105359/france-inter-reduit-la-voilure-sur-l-investigation.html

Discontent at France Info: journalists shaken by management and editorial choices
Télérama
https://www.telerama.fr/radio/a-france-info-le-malaise-de-journalistes-destabilises-par-le-management-et-les-choix-editoriaux-7026310.php

AI in media: changing practices and big questions
J-Source
https://j-source.ca/ai-in-the-media-industry-changing-practices-and-big-questions/

Major magazine in Belgium caught using AI to write half of its articles
Le Soir
https://www.lesoir.be/684611/article/2025-06-28/un-celebre-magazine-pris-sur-le-fait-la-moitie-de-ses-articles-seraient-ecrits

Sports journalist Christophe Gleizes sentenced to 7 years in prison in Algeria
Reporters Without Borders
https://rsf.org/fr/alg%C3%A9rie-le-journaliste-sportif-christophe-gleizes-condamn%C3%A9-%C3%A0-7-ann%C3%A9es-de-prison-ferme-au-terme-d-un

Opinion - My response to the Khelif case complaint to the Quebec Press Council
Journal de Montréal
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/06/28/affaire-khelif-ma-reponse-a-la-plainte-logee-au-conseil-de-presse

Tribute to Howard Burditt of Reuters: "You taught me so much"
The Baron
https://www.thebaron.info/people/howard-burditt-you-taught-me-so-much

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence & Technology

Blackmail, lies, and manipulation: how AI plays with your mind
Trends-Tendances
https://trends.levif.be/a-la-une/tech-medias/chantage-mensonge-et-duplicite-quand-lia-vous-manipule/

Welcome to post-reality: facts and perception in the digital age
Meta-Media / Mon Carnet
https://www.meta-media.fr/2025/06/28/bienvenue-en-post-realite.html
https://moncarnet.com/2025/06/28/bienvenue-en-post-realite/

When humans must prove they're not bots
LinkedIn – Emily Turrettini
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quand-les-humains-doivent-prouver-quils-ne-sont-pas-des-turrettini-jt0je

The liar’s dividend: how AI sows doubt
LinkedIn – Emily Turrettini
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/le-dividende-du-menteur-lia-s%C3%A8me-doute-au-c%C5%93ur-des-emily-turrettini-2cx5e

AI tools and solutions for TV journalists
Démarre ton aventure
https://www.demarretonaventure.com/outils-solutions-ia/liste-doutils-et-solutions-ia-pour-le-metier-journaliste-televise/

Reddit turns 20: defending its data and fighting AI with AI
CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/28/reddit-20-fighting-ai-defending-data.html

AI newsroom ethics: what’s changed and what you need to know
Poynter
https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2025/a-lot-has-changed-since-we-created-ai-ethics-guidelines-for-newsrooms-heres-what-you-need-to-know-now/

AI and solo storytelling: Hanson Hosein on creativity and journalism
GeekWire
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/the-front-lines-of-creativity-journalist-and-educator-hanson-hosein-on-ai-and-the-art-of-solo-storytelling/

AI search tools pose an existential threat to news publishers
France 24 – Scoop
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20250627-why-ai-search-tools-pose-an-existential-threat-to-news-publishers

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📱 Social Media & Platforms

Trump says TikTok has a buyer
Le Devoir
https://www.ledevoir.com/monde/etats-unis/895762/nous-avons-acheteur-tiktok-dit-trump

TikTok tests its own version of Instagram’s broadcast channels
TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/tiktok-is-testing-its-own-version-of-instagrams-broadcast-channels/

YouTube’s mobile video editor coming soon to iOS
TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/27/youtubes-mobile-video-editor-is-coming-to-ios/

Brazil’s Supreme Court tightens rules for social media platforms
La Libre Belgique
https://www.lalibre.be/international/amerique/2025/06/27/bresil-la-cour-supreme-durcit-les-regles-pour-les-reseaux-sociaux-OCFTQBIOOJBCRDMRV72U44D7L4/

Teen influencers on WhatsApp — and their parents don’t even know
Le Monde
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025/06/29/sur-whatsapp-le-monde-parallele-des-ados-devenus-influenceurs-a-l-insu-de-leurs-parents_6616352_4408996.html

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🎓 Society & Education

Understanding radicalization through video games
La Presse
https://lp.ca/3qorFC?sharing=true

Students are embracing AI — here’s what critics don’t see
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/29/students-ai-critics-chatgpt-covid-education-system

Douglas Tweedale Fellowship 2025 for Latin American journalists
ICFJ
https://www.icfj.org/our-work/douglas-tweedale-memorial-fellowship-2025