Canada Considering Its Own Electronics Ban: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Transport Minister says Canada may join US/UK in electronics ban
“Canada is contemplating drafting its own electronics ban for a list of Muslim-majority countries after the United Kingdom and the United States forbade laptops and tablets from being carried on to most flights coming from many countries in the Middle East and North Africa.”
2. Bernier campaign declines to send proof of rule-breaking to Conservative Party
“Maxime Bernier’s campaign alleges fellow leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary broke Conservative membership rules, but is refusing to provide the party with any proof.
“The Conservative Party says it hasn’t received any information from Mr. Bernier’s campaign about alleged vote-buying from Mr. O’Leary’s team, and won’t be pursuing an investigation without it.”
3. James Comey’s remarkable five hours on Capitol Hill
“‘There is a big gray cloud you have put over the people who lead this country,’ the Senator went on. ‘The faster you can get to the bottom of this, it’s going to be better for all Americans.’
“It was a statement rather than a question, but Comey evidently felt obliged to respond. ‘I understand,’ he said, quietly.
“Thus ended a hearing the likes of which Washington hasn’t seen in many a day—if, indeed, there has ever been anything like it.”
+1: New documents show Trump aide laundered payments from party with Moscow ties, lawmaker alleges – Washington Post
4. A court will decide if a GIF can be considered a ‘deadly weapon’
“On Monday, a suspect faced federal charges in a Dallas County court for allegedly sending a strobing GIF that triggered a seizure in Kurt Eichenwald, a Newsweek writer with epilepsy, late last year.
“Light-induced seizures have been fought with lawsuits and TV bans in the past. But like something out of Black Mirror, they’ve had their day in what’s likely the first criminal trial over a seizure induced via the internet.”
5. The powerful way ‘normalization’ shapes our world
“Our perception of what is ‘normal’ can transform over time – and this can be a force of good and ill.”
– BBC
