From Minecraft to statecraft, Jacobin’s Luke Savage joins Jonathan to chart the bizarre course of a U.S. intelligence leak with potentially explosive implications for Canada. And seemingly inspired by the Musk-fragrant “Twitter Files,” a Conservative MP went on a fishing expedition for examples of the Canadian government over-policing social media. Does turning up a single really solid instance count as a success?

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Luke Savage

Further reading:

From Discord to 4chan: The Improbable Journey of a US Intelligence Leak - Bellingcat
Cash Cows: Foreign student recruitment crisis at Canadian universities - W5
Pro-Russian hackers claim to have targeted Canada’s gas pipeline infrastructure: leaked documents - The Globe and Mail
CNN, Sunday Morning Shows Completely Ignore Up To 15 Million Americans Being Thrown Off Medicaid - The Column
Request to remove newspaper article among Ottawa's queries to social-media giants - The Canadian Press
GUNTER: Feds' attempts to have story pulled from social media shows dangers of Bill C-11 - Toronto Sun
Why the Twitter Files Are in Fact a Big Deal - Jacobin

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