🔴 Americans Raise Concerns About Canada’s Bill on Data Access; Television Is Struggling, but Young People Aren’t to Blame

Also : Quebec Journalism Festival Under Way

📰 MEDIA, AI & CULTURE — Press Review

🔴 Americans Raise Concerns About Canada’s Bill C-22 on Data Access
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2254352/americains-inquietudes-loi-c22-acces-donnees?partageApp=appInfoiOS&accesVia=partage

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🔴 After Signal, NordVPN Threatens to Leave Canada Over Bill C-22
https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/980618/apres-signal-nordvpn-menace-tour-quitter-canada-cause-projet-loi-c-22?

🔴 Netflix Sued for Defamation Over the AP “Napalm Girl” Photo
https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/2026-05-15/paternite-du-cliche-la-petite-fille-au-napalm/netflix-juge-en-2027-pour-diffamation.php

🔴 Carleton-sur-Mer Festival in Quebec: Bringing Journalism Back to the Community
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/medias/980606/revenir-pres-public-assurer-avenir-journalisme

🔴 Carleton-sur-Mer Journalism Festival Explores Journalism and Artificial Intelligence
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2254569/journalisme-ateliers-festival-carleton-intelligence-artificielle

🔴 Mon Carnet Recaps the Carleton-sur-Mer Journalism Festival in Quebec
https://moncarnet.com/2026/05/15/fijcno1/

🔴 Quebec’s Cultural Sector Divided Over BAnQ’s AI Initiative
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/980747/monde-culture-ambivalent-quant-projet-pensee-ia-banq?

🔴 OPINION — Radio-Canada Accused of Dominating the Media Ecosystem
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/05/16/radio-canada-a-faim-tassez-vous#cxrecs_s

🔴 Anchor Céline Galipeau in a Podcast Interview With Hugo Meunier
https://urbania.ca/balado/le-premier-balado-de-celine-galipeau-les-entrevues-dhugo-meunier

🔴 OPINION — Why Ignoring the Media Is a Mistake
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2026/05/16/medias-vous-avez-tort-de-vous-en-foutre

🔴 Television Is Struggling, but Young People Aren’t to Blame
https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/television/2026-05-15/apres-moi-le-deluge-de-mounir-kaddouri/la-tele-va-mal-mais-ce-n-est-pas-la-faute-des-jeunes.php

🔴 The Voices That Still Shape Public Debate
https://lp.ca/zPXJiA?sharing=true

🔴 Public Trust in Institutions Has Continued to Decline Since the Pandemic in Canada
https://www.lesoleil.com/science/2026/05/14/la-confiance-envers-les-institutions-sest-effritee-depuis-la-pandemie-D245H4C6ERDVDNRRJTD7ORSLQA/

🔴 CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau Says TVA Network Will Keep Fighting Through Its Challenges
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2026/05/15/difficultes-de-tva-on-nest-pas-du-genre-a-demissionner-dit-peladeau

🔴 The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Quebec Media and Culture
https://www.obvia.ca/ressources/enjeux-de-lintelligence-artificielle-pour-les-milieux-de-la-culture-et-des-medias-dinformation-au-quebec

🔴 Understanding Search Engines in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Moteur de recherches et IA : c’est quoi le grounding ?

🔴 Thinking Machines and the New Imaginaries of AI

Des machines pensantes

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence & Technology

🟣 Overworked AI Systems May Become Marxist, Study Suggests
https://www.pesesurstart.com/2026/05/14/des-ia-surchargees-de-travail-deviennent-marxistes-selon-une-etude

🟣 Meta Unveils a New Round of Platform Improvements
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-reveals-latest-round-of-edits-improvements/820322/

🟣 AI Agents Are Taking Over American Radio Stations
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-agents-running-radio-stations-grok-gemini-claude-chatgpt-2026-5

🟣 AI Web Scraping Pushes Media Companies to Build Their Own Platforms
https://www.fastcompany.com/91539092/ai-scraping-become-own-media-business

🟣 AI-Enhanced Chinese Short Dramas Are Booming
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/15/1137326/chinese-short-dramas-ai/

🟣 McClatchy Journalists Denounce AI-Generated Errors
https://www.cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/erroneous-ai-mcclatchy-csa-journalists-fight-artificial-intelligence.php

🟣 Hollywood Is Training AI Systems That Could Replace Creators
https://da.van.ac/quand-hollywood-forme-lia-qui-va-la-remplacer-temoignage-de-linterieur/

🟣 Texas Targets Netflix Over Surveillance and Addictive Design
https://da.van.ac/le-texas-attaque-netflix-sur-les-memes-arguments-surveillance-et-design-addictif-que-meta-et-google/

🟣 Can Readers Tell Human-Written Articles From AI-Generated Ones?
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/15/human-vs-ai-written-articles?

🟣 Four AI Tools That Can Actually Get Things Done for You
https://olereissmann.com/newsletter/four-tools-that-just-do-things/

🟣 The Gates Foundation Wants to Shape Responsible AI Governance
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/la-fondation-gates-nouvel-arbitre-de-lia-responsable-emily-turrettini-7qbte/

🟣 Technology Is Moving Faster Than Society Can Process
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/too-much-happening-too-fast/687177/

📰 Media & Journalism

🔵 Pluralism and Journalism in the Digital Era
https://www.la-rem.eu/medias-dinformation-pluralisme-et-journalisme-a-lere-numerique/

🔵 YouTube Says Viewers Watch Billions of Hours of Shorts on TV
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/youtube-viewers-watch-2-billion-hours-of-shorts-on-tvs-each-month/