The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 12:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 21, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/21 at 12:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find Who Broke the Internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. The U.S. Justice Department is moving to cancel a settlement with the city of Minneapolis to overhaul its police department. The settlement was made in response to the murder of George Floyd. In the final days of the Biden administration, the city agreed to address its training and

use of force policies. But today's ruling states that the United States will no longer persecute the matter. George Floyd was killed five years ago by a Minneapolis police officer. His death sparked protests against racism and police brutality right around the world. South African President Cyril Raposa is meeting with Donald Trump today at the White House. And the visit comes as a U.S. president is accusing the South African government of committing genocide against the country's white minority farmers. Richard Madden reports.

These are mostly descendants of Dutch settlers who arrived there back in the 1600s. Now, Trump says they're being slaughtered and forced off their land under a controversial expropriation law signed by South Africa's president and just last week. We see there's a genocide going on. So if it's a genocide, that's terrible. And I happen to believe it could very well be. South Africa's out of control. So we've made a home, and we'll make a home for other people

that are treated badly, no matter what they're called. President Ramposa has repeatedly denied those claims that are being further amplified by Trump's ally and South African-born billionaire Elon Musk. The White House has since cut off all foreign aid to that country and recently flew in some 50 Afrikaners to the U.S. as refugees. And fueling tensions, South Africa's ambassador was recently booted from the U.S. for calling Trump a white supremacist.

So today's meeting comes with a lot of political baggage. Richard Madden, CBC News, Washington. The Quebec government has tabled a bill today aimed at forcing streaming companies to increase their French language content. Kadye Seney has the details. I want people to go on a digital platform and feel they're at home in Quebec and they can choose what they want. Quebec's Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe came up with the bill after holding consultations and receiving the report of experts on the issue. In an exclusive interview with RASU Canada, he says he's ready to move forward.

For the first time in Quebec, a future law is set to impose quotas to digital platforms such as Netflix, Disney, Amazon Prime, Apple Music and Spotify for original francophone content. According to the Culture Minister, only 8.5% of the music people listen to annually in Quebec isn't French. He feels he has the duty to try to reverse the situation for younger generation that consumes more English content online. Kat Sissonnet, CBC News, Quebec City.

Incidentally, the Quebec Streaming Bill comes as the CRTC is working to define Canadian content as it looks to implement the Online Streaming Act. A landslide in the N.A. community south of Trois-Rivières has residents on high alert. The municipality of Saint-Monique has seen heavy rains in recent days and soft soil conditions are putting structures in the area at risk. Angelica Montgomery has more. Radio Canada says people living along a small river on a rural road called Haute-Lille first realized something was wrong when their lights went out this morning.

After the first signs of a landslide, one man stepped out of his home to see if his neighbors were okay. During the time he was gone, his own home was swept into the deep crevasse. No one else was in the house and no one was injured. Three other homes have been evacuated. The mayor of the town, Denis Gendron, says the people who live in that area are all on alert watching their own properties closely. She says that 10-kilometre stretch is all at risk of a landslide.

The crevasse that has been created is 1,000 feet by 350 feet and up to 80 feet deep. Civil Security says it is concerned about the risk of other slides. People are being asked to stay vigilant. Angelica Montgomery, CBC News, Quebec City. And that is The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.