Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
the Canadian government is trying to add a “link tax” to meta and google and now they’re censoring all journalism in Canada lmao https://blog.google/intl/en-ca/company-news/outreach-initiatives/an-update-on-canadas-bill-c-18-and-our-search-and-news-products/amp/
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chet
@cosmicblend
the history of the bill started with many connected cdn legacy media businesses lobbying the government. it was cdn media that pushed this tariff the idea being that money collected gets pooled and split out to many publishers (based on x conditions). not sticking up for gov but this was driven by cdn media groups
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welter
@fun
what the fuck lol why
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eunika🍒
@eunika.eth
Omg I’ve heard about this but I didn’t know it passed… this is the result of having people in the government positions not having basic understanding of how the internet works. Good job Canada on killing your own media (just for context I live here too)
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Memecoin Capital
@memecoin
Remarkable for a country that doesn't really have much "news" going on for it
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timdaub
@timdaub.eth
they should try adding it to kiwi news
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Jon Hargreaves
@jonharges
Interesting regulation from Canada for Web2
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Ghostlinkz
@ghostlinkz.eth
Media companies forgot how to make their own money so now they want a piece of a pie that isn’t really theirs. Canadian gov and others are also about to look silly because Google and Meta are too big to fail and will call their bluff. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meta-australia-google-news-canada-1.6925726
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Paul Dowman 🔴✨
@pauldowman.eth
Yeah, what a joke. https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/08/metablockslinks/
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Ayush
@ayushm.eth
https://warpcast.com/ayushm.eth/0xa65ab4
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Canada
@canada
Sorry, eh.
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j3
@j3
Is this on top of the 13% tax they add on every sale? lmao
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