1/16🧵 A #thread on how badly #CDNmedia is crippled by substituting journalism with public relations amid concentrated, consolidated, & political ownership
This isn't just about revenue, though the Canada Revenue Agency (#CRA) will serve as this week's textbook example (con't)
This isn't just about revenue, though the Canada Revenue Agency (#CRA) will serve as this week's textbook example (con't)
2/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli #CRA
Yesterday you might've seen this vanilla story about Revenue Canada taking its site offline for some miscellaneous 'global #security vulnerability'
It was a whole lot of 'everything's fine' & 'nothing to see here' #InfoSec
archive.md/H0K1T
Yesterday you might've seen this vanilla story about Revenue Canada taking its site offline for some miscellaneous 'global #security vulnerability'
It was a whole lot of 'everything's fine' & 'nothing to see here' #InfoSec
archive.md/H0K1T
3/16🧵 #CDNpoli #CRA
That story was written by Canadian Press, that now funds reporters via Facebook corporate sponsorship in an official & ongoing #CDNmedia alliance
It was published without a byline at 11pm on Saturday night (when few would see it) & syndicated by Global News
That story was written by Canadian Press, that now funds reporters via Facebook corporate sponsorship in an official & ongoing #CDNmedia alliance
It was published without a byline at 11pm on Saturday night (when few would see it) & syndicated by Global News
4/16🧵#CDNpoli #CRA
So Facebook is funding the Canadian Press. CP is often published anonymously. Global News is airing these anonymous articles, such as the one about Revenue Canada. Global News is also about to be purchased by Rogers (representing more #CDNmedia consolidation)
So Facebook is funding the Canadian Press. CP is often published anonymously. Global News is airing these anonymous articles, such as the one about Revenue Canada. Global News is also about to be purchased by Rogers (representing more #CDNmedia consolidation)
5/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli #CRA
Edward Rogers just made history with a hostile takeover of the Rogers company that wrested control from his mother & sisters. It was a riveting & unexpected drama that splashed across business headlines for months
cbc.ca/news/business/…
Edward Rogers just made history with a hostile takeover of the Rogers company that wrested control from his mother & sisters. It was a riveting & unexpected drama that splashed across business headlines for months
cbc.ca/news/business/…
6/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli #CRA
Now guess who's married to Ed Rogers, of hostile family takeover fame
That would be Suzanne Rogers, who bore the brunt of backlash for hanging out with Donald Trump during the pandemic (helping Ed sidestep responsibility)
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Now guess who's married to Ed Rogers, of hostile family takeover fame
That would be Suzanne Rogers, who bore the brunt of backlash for hanging out with Donald Trump during the pandemic (helping Ed sidestep responsibility)
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
7/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli #CRA
Meanwhile, Trump's #MeToo fixer, David Pecker (of National Enquirer & weekly UFO fame), was on the board of Postmedia & helmed the majority of Canadian *print* news (whereas Rogers is aiming to dominate *broadcast*)
financialpost.com/telecom/media/…
Meanwhile, Trump's #MeToo fixer, David Pecker (of National Enquirer & weekly UFO fame), was on the board of Postmedia & helmed the majority of Canadian *print* news (whereas Rogers is aiming to dominate *broadcast*)
financialpost.com/telecom/media/…
8/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli #CRA
Global News, that published the anonymous CP article about Revenue Canada (that's financially backed by Facebook), is further worried that Trump's friend in broadcast media, Ed Rogers, will ax their funding upon acquisition
archive.md/5w1eU
Global News, that published the anonymous CP article about Revenue Canada (that's financially backed by Facebook), is further worried that Trump's friend in broadcast media, Ed Rogers, will ax their funding upon acquisition
archive.md/5w1eU
9/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli #CRA
It goes without saying Conservative PM Harper's right hand, Rachel Curran, became head of Facebook Canada (re CDN Press sponsorship)
Conservative PM Mulroney & PQ separatist PK Péladeau helmed Quebecor/Sun. Conservative benefactors bought TorStar
It goes without saying Conservative PM Harper's right hand, Rachel Curran, became head of Facebook Canada (re CDN Press sponsorship)
Conservative PM Mulroney & PQ separatist PK Péladeau helmed Quebecor/Sun. Conservative benefactors bought TorStar
10/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli
And contrary to the pablum that may result from homogenized media, that Revenue Canada #security issue is a pretty big deal
It's threatening everything online, not just the #CRA. Biggest shock in a decade & #InfoSec boondoggle
archive.md/6gc3z
And contrary to the pablum that may result from homogenized media, that Revenue Canada #security issue is a pretty big deal
It's threatening everything online, not just the #CRA. Biggest shock in a decade & #InfoSec boondoggle
archive.md/6gc3z
11/16🧵 #CDNpoli #CRA
It's not a random #security issue
It's called #Log4Shell & it was ethically reported by Alibaba in China nearly 3 weeks ago
New Zealand reported it was being exploited in the wild (publicly) on Thursday
#CDNmedia then downplayed it on Saturday at 11pm
It's not a random #security issue
It's called #Log4Shell & it was ethically reported by Alibaba in China nearly 3 weeks ago
New Zealand reported it was being exploited in the wild (publicly) on Thursday
#CDNmedia then downplayed it on Saturday at 11pm
12/16🧵 #CDNpoli
Someone in #CDNmedia decided that it was better to protect biz interests during the holiday season than to trouble the public with the biggest threat to everyone's #InfoSec by soft-peddling #Log4Shell as nameless & benign
If this was a test, we failed miserably
Someone in #CDNmedia decided that it was better to protect biz interests during the holiday season than to trouble the public with the biggest threat to everyone's #InfoSec by soft-peddling #Log4Shell as nameless & benign
If this was a test, we failed miserably
13/16🧵 #CDNpoli
While #Log4Shell is not the govt's fault, it's up to #CDNmedia to pressure them about ensuring it's fixed countrywide
This is a crucial flaw in Open Source (used everywhere) & it's so easy to hack that kids can do it!
Apple, Amazon, & Twitter are impacted too
While #Log4Shell is not the govt's fault, it's up to #CDNmedia to pressure them about ensuring it's fixed countrywide
This is a crucial flaw in Open Source (used everywhere) & it's so easy to hack that kids can do it!
Apple, Amazon, & Twitter are impacted too
14/16🧵 #CRA
The good news is, there's a patch!
The bad news is this flaw has been exploitable for several weeks (at least) & it'll take time to assess the damage already done to #InfoSec + E-commerce
The delay in #CDNmedia reporting also put #CDNpoli at a severe disadvantage
The good news is, there's a patch!
The bad news is this flaw has been exploitable for several weeks (at least) & it'll take time to assess the damage already done to #InfoSec + E-commerce
The delay in #CDNmedia reporting also put #CDNpoli at a severe disadvantage
15/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli #CRA
Canadian biz & services must be *strongly* alerted to this emergency, with a central place to access info about the patch as a matter of #NatSec
Enough of this come-by-chance reliance on infotainment as a defence strategy for cyberwarfare
Canadian biz & services must be *strongly* alerted to this emergency, with a central place to access info about the patch as a matter of #NatSec
Enough of this come-by-chance reliance on infotainment as a defence strategy for cyberwarfare
16/16🧵 #CDNmedia #CDNpoli
Either we lack the will or tech expertise, but this is critical infrastructure that's being left to the discretion of hyperpartisan media, that profits more from the clickbait of failure, public relations advertorials & corporate sponsorship of journos
Either we lack the will or tech expertise, but this is critical infrastructure that's being left to the discretion of hyperpartisan media, that profits more from the clickbait of failure, public relations advertorials & corporate sponsorship of journos
17/16🧵
Postscript: There is something to see here that #CDNpoli should read, so they have an opportunity to take #security precautions
#ICYMI & because it shouldn't be up to #CDNmedia to gatekeep knowledge about serious threats to everyone's #InfoSec
archive.md/6gc3z
Postscript: There is something to see here that #CDNpoli should read, so they have an opportunity to take #security precautions
#ICYMI & because it shouldn't be up to #CDNmedia to gatekeep knowledge about serious threats to everyone's #InfoSec
archive.md/6gc3z
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