It would be nice if they weren't so quiet. The fact that they are tells you a lot about the kind of power FB et al have.
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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Yea this would be a lot more effective if other countries participated. What are they going to do, block everyone from Facebook news?
This is exactly what they did in Australia for about a week, then they backed down when the government wouldn't.
In Australia's case, it was only after concessions were added that Facebook reinstated news on the platform.
Canada has taken a harder stance on the law, and it doesn't look like either side is planning on accepting a compromise anytime soon.
That article was sadly very sparse on what the concessions actually were.
I've heard we can get news in other places. Facebook only has one group of humans to prey on for clicks.
I've read that Facebook has actually been trying to reduce their reliance on news in all their products, so the answer is actually a possible "yes", they would do a global news block.
Sounds like a net positive.
Facebook has actually been trying to reduce their reliance on news
Yeah, since Nov 2016.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says other countries are quietly taking Canada's side as giant tech companies push back against his government's Online News Act.
C-18, which passed the House of Commons in June, requires that tech giants Google and Meta pay media outlets for news content they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms.
"Countries around the world are actually — and I heard this again when I was overseas — people saying, 'Stand strong because this really matters,'" he told host Jayme Poisson.
Earlier this month, the government released draft regulations for C-18 and estimated that Google and Meta would have to pay a combined $234 million to media outlets in order to comply.
The government said companies fall under the act if they have a total global revenue of $1 billion or more in a calendar year, "operate in a search engine or social media market distributing and providing access to news content in Canada," and have 20 million or more average monthly unique Canadian visitors or average monthly active users.
A Google spokesperson told CBC News it is still reviewing the draft regulations but the company has significant concerns.
The original article contains 496 words, the summary contains 189 words. Saved 62%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
I'm truly shocked, nobody could have seen this coming. /s
No one is supporting us because C-18 is an ignorant money grab backed by corrupt politicians.
JT: other countries are backing Canada Reality: they are not
JT: other countries are backing Canada
Conservative Alternate Reality: they are not
There. You were close.
Or you were omniscient. Which was it?
Oh, bullshit, Justin. Just stop.