This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re trying to go for the under-reported stories. First, we will journey to Cuba where somehow things have gotten even worse for the people that live there even without a war (yet). Then, we will consider an important court case out of the United States that might start to generate some accountability for the harms of social media. For more physical harms, like hunger, we have a special guest to discuss those issues.
This Thursday, April 2, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:
Crisis in Cuba. While the U.S. is focused on the War in Iran, it hasn’t stopped President Donald Trump from pondering his next quagmire closer to home. Since January, Cuba has been facing a growing humanitarian crisis that the United Nations is now calling a catastrophe. Already embargoed for decades, Cuba is now running out of fuel as supplies from Venezuela have been cut off by Trump and there’s no sign that the world wants to act. Why is Cuba’s suffering being ignored?
Social Media’s Tobacco Moment. In courts in California and New Mexico last week, social media companies were found liable for getting users addicted to their platforms and refusing to accept responsibility for putting young people at risk. Insulated from consequences by their net worth and a Congress unwilling to regulate, are social media companies finally facing a reckoning in America’s court rooms as more governments, attorneys general and school boards file suit?
Easter Food Hunt. We know that over 1 million Ontarians now use food banks to fill their daily needs, and we know that more and more working people are accessing food banks for the first time. We also know that the high cost of housing and the ability to pay for one’s groceries are tied together in the affordability crisis, but are the upper levels of government doing anything to close the gap this Easter week. Carolyn Stewart, CEO of Feed Ontario, will join us and offer an update on food insecurity issues in Ontario.
Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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