People in Canada can no longer access news content on Meta's platforms
People in Canada can no longer access news content on Meta's platforms
People in Canada won't be able to view links Canadian or international publishers and broadcasters share.
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How will this affect Lemmy.ca?
So far C-18 only targets Google and Facebook, but I wouldn't be surprised if it expands to other large commercial social media platforms.
I doubt it would impact the Fediverse, since at the moment the platform isn't generating any revenue from the content through ads or clicks.
One of our senators mentioned that the threshold was set so that it only affects Google and Meta. Microsoft can share news stories without paying because Bing isn't as popular.
That same senator also said that more people should start using Bing™, and that it's actually a really good search engine. Not even joking. The article read like a sponsored post.
The senator saying people should use Bing was one of the most sensible reactions I've seen to Meta and Google pulling news from their sites in Canada. Reminding people there are alternatives to Google seems like a better way of handling this than trying to convince Google to reverse their decision.
It wouldn't. At least not until Lemmy.ca grows to the point where it wields a Facebook-like power in the Canadian media landscape and makes profit out of it.
Makes me think about how the BBC started a mastodon instance. If the CBC follows their example, then federation changes the relationship with social media, as it's sort of baked in...?