the Canadian government is trying to add a “link tax” to meta and google and now they’re censoring all journalism in Canada lmao

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/

🕯️they/them, candlemaker at https://humankind.place

Interesting regulation from Canada for Web2

Work in Web3 focus on human rights especially anti-slavery projects and programmes with common goods at the heart fascinated by evolution - cave markings to X

What do you think is the motivation behind this?

Idk cuz it’s so stupid it’s mind boggling lmao 

But this article makes sense to me: https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/08/metablockslinks/

TLDR gov thought meta and goog was bluffing and could get free money

Lose, lose, lose sums it up nicely just mind boggling how intentions (I assume good) can create such a shit show