Could this Lemmy be shut down by bill C18?
Could this Lemmy be shut down by bill C18?
It seems that Google and Facebook are pulling their news departments from Canada because of C18. Could that also potentially shut down this Lemmy? In fact I notice that Canadian forums are hard to find at the moment.
Nah, if you look at the text of the bill, it's written to only affect big players: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-18/royal-assent
This is the relevant text in my mind:
6 This Act applies in respect of a digital news intermediary if, having regard to the following factors, there is a significant bargaining power imbalance between its operator and news businesses:
(a) the size of the intermediary or the operator;
(b) whether the market for the intermediary gives the operator a strategic advantage over news businesses; and
(c ) whether the intermediary occupies a prominent market position.
Oooh nice! Thanks for digging that up!