Social media platforms, app stores at odds over who should enforce social media bans
As countries including Canada move toward social media bans in an attempt to keep youths safe online, tech companies are in a tug of war over who should be the gatekeepers.
Executives from Snapchat and Meta, the owner of Instagram, Facebook and Threads, have argued it should be app stores rather than platforms charged with verifying the ages of users when they try to add a platform to their phones.
Apple and Google, which run the App Store and Play Store respectively, have introduced some age-gating measures but appear to
Privacy commissioner to release results of Grok deepfake investigation
OTTAWA — The federal privacy commissioner will today release the results of his investigation of sexual deepfakes created by Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot.
Philippe Dufresne launched an investigation in January to examine the proliferation of sexualized deepfakes created by Grok and shared on the X social media platform.
He said at the time the non-consensual use of personal information to create deepfakes, including intimate images, is growing and poses serious risks to privacy rights.
The investigation looked at whether the companies involved are complying with privacy law and whether they
Most crime guns traced by RCMP came from within Canada, internal reports say
OTTAWA — The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad, say internal reports prepared by the national police force.
The analyses found almost all of the long guns traced — and a substantial number of the handguns — were domestically sourced.
The figures, the latest available from the RCMP, provide new insights into the origins of firearms involved in crimes ranging from break and enter to homicide.
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Knicks stun Spurs with largest comeback in NBA Finals history, take 3-1 lead
It’s bedlam in the Big Apple as the New York Knicks are officially on the doorstep of basketball supremacy.
The Knicks made sure of it in dramatic fashion on Wednesday, rallying past the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to secure a 3-1 series lead.
The remarkable 107-106 victory required rallying from down 29 points, which included a furious 20-4 run in the fourth quarter and a tip-in from OG Anunoby with 1.2 seconds
Blue Jays’ Max Scherzer becomes 11th pitcher to record 3,500 strikeouts
Mad Max continues to add to his legacy.
After striking out Philadelphia Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber in the first at-bat of the first inning on Wednesday, Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer became just the 11th pitcher in MLB history to notch 3,500 career punchouts.
And it didn’t take long for Scherzer to collect his 3,501st strikeout, getting Trae Turner to swing and miss on a 95 m.p.h. fastball during the very next at-bat
Person charged for allegedly flying drone near Toronto FIFA World Cup kick-off event
Toronto store deals with damage to e-bikes, lithium-ion batteries after fire breaks out
Toronto’s fire chief says a store specializing in e-bikes saw severe damage to many of its items after a fire broke out Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency crews were called to Emmo Ebikes Toronto on Spadina Avenue, between College and Oxford streets, just before 2:40 p.m.
Chief Jim Jessop said the fire involved “multiple” e-bikes and lithium-ion batteries. The exact cause and circumstances of the fire weren’t immediately clear.
“These fires escalate quickly, and produce hazardous conditions
Male found dead in Aurora home, 6 people in custody: York police
Motorcyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in Brampton crash
A motorcyclist has been rushed to hospital after a crash with a sedan in Brampton Wednesday evening.
Peel police were called to Sandalwood Parkway East and Tobram Road just after 5 p.m. for reports of a collision between a motorcycle and a sedan.
The male motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital in life-threatening condition. The other driver remained on the scene.
The northbound lanes are closed on Tobram Road.
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Library straddling Quebec-Vermont border opens Canadian entrance
MONTREAL — Canadians can visit the Haskell Free Library and Opera House without crossing through a U.S. border checkpoint, thanks to a new entrance on the Canadian side.
A ceremony held on Wednesday officially inaugurated the new door at the historic library, which straddles the border between Stanstead, Que., and Derby Line, Vt. The new entrance was built after U.S. authorities last year ended a century-old arrangement that allowed Canadians to enter from the American side without a passport or customs inspection.
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