Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Google to remove news links in Canada; Meta ends contract for journalism fellowship as Bill C-18 fallout continues
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/google-set-to-remove-news-links-in-canada-meta-ends-contract-for-journalism-fellowship-as-bill-c-18-fallout-continues-1.6461557

Google to remove news links in Canada in response to online news law
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/google-canada-online-news-1.6892879

https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/44-1/C-18

The Online News Act requires Google & Meta to compensate news publishers for news content that helps Google & Meta generate money
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#Canada #Bill_C18 #OnlineNewsAct #NewsMedia #Google #Meta #OnlineNews #Google #Meta #Instagram #Facebook

Google set to remove news links in Canada, Meta ends contract for journalism fellowship as Bill C-18 fallout continues

Google says it will remove news links in Canada because of the Liberal government's new law forcing digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose online.

CTVNews
Jun 29, 2023 at 9:54pmWeb
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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The Online News Act aims to create new government oversight for digital giants who dominate the online advertising market

Google said it will remove Canadian news from its platforms & end existing deals w. local publishers because of the Online News Act, which forces digital giants to pay media outlets for content they share or repurpose.

Google plans to remove news links from its search engine, Google News and Google Discover for only Canadian publishers and readers.
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Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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Meta announced it will also be removing news in Canada from its Facebook/ Instagram platforms before the law is in force.

Meta is also ending existing deals with local publishers, including the contract for a fellowship program that supports the hiring of a limited number of emerging journalists at newswire service The Canadian Press.
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Show threadChris BoeseJun 29, 2023
@persagen Extortion
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 29, 2023

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The Liberal government views Meta & Google's dominance on the internet & their decision to remove news as a threat to Canadian democracy at a time when the news industry continues to face cuts due to declining ad revenue.

Since 2008 ~500 newsrooms have closed across Canada

COMMENT: I personally would never trust news sourced f. Google, Meta ... There are many reputable news aggregators (NPR; Reuters; AP; ...) & independent journalists / sites

https://persagen.com/docs/sources.html
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#persagen

Show threadSgtMoredread🇨🇦Jun 29, 2023
@persagen my feelings exactly it is no loss not to have access to Post Media bullshit and now have swallowed the alleged left wing Toronto Star
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 3, 2023

... Addendae

What can Canada learn from Australia's bid to make big tech pay for news?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/what-can-canada-learn-from-australia-s-bid-to-make-big-tech-pay-for-news-1.6463304

Canadian lawmakers are locked in a dispute with internet technology companies over a law that would compel them to pay news publishers for content, years after a similar regulatory saga played out in Australia.
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What can Canada learn from Australia's bid to make big tech pay for news?

Canadian lawmakers are locked in a dispute with internet technology companies over a law that would compel them to pay news publishers for content, years after a similar regulatory saga played out in Australia.

CTVNews
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 11, 2023

... Addendae

I question the impartiality of this pollster (Angus Reid) & the results of this poll (biased, misleading questions).
I argue most Canadians neither understand Bill C-18 nor - properly explained - want censorship imposed by tech giants in response to that bill, which is a broader concern over their power & influence, NOT Bill C-18.

Most Canadians concerned about losing access to news because of Bill C-18: survey
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/most-canadians-concerned-about-losing-access-to-news-because-of-bill-c-18-survey-1.647472
Questionnaire: https://angusreid.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023.07.10_C18_qnnaire.pdf
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Man seriously injured after Roman candle attack

Police in Sauble Beach, Ont., are investigating after a man was attacked with a Roman candle Saturday night.

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Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 15, 2023

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Comment: again I challenge this company (Angus Reid), it's impartiality, this poll (see comment in preceding post, above). 🤨

Most Canadians oppose government funding newsrooms, media consolidation: Angus Reid survey
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/most-canadians-oppose-government-funding-newsrooms-media-consolidation-angus-reid-survey-1.6480933
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#neoliberalism

Most Canadians oppose government funding newsrooms, media consolidation: Angus Reid survey

A recent survey finds most Canadians oppose having government fund newsrooms over concerns of journalistic independence.

CTVNews
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 15, 2023

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Canadian Senator Calls on Canadians to ‘Switch to Bing’ Search Engine, Though Microsoft Isn’t Paying News Outlets
Heritage Minister says Bing will not be required to compensate news publishers under Online News Act
https://pressprogress.ca/senator-calls-on-canadians-to-switch-to-bing-search-engine-even-though-microsoft-isnt-paying-news-outlets-either

“I have chosen Bing because it is as good as Google as a search engine while it offers access to Canadian news content & its management does not try to play tough with Canada” Senator Dalphond explained.
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#OnlineNewsAct #MicrosoftBing

Senator Calls on Canadians to ‘Switch to Bing’ Search Engine, Even Though Microsoft Isn’t Paying News Outlets

Heritage Minister says Microsoft’s search engine will not be required to compensate news publishers under the Online News Act

PressProgress
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 17, 2023

... Addendae, cont'd

Well, Meta Blocked The Tyee: That’s a Big Deal
What this means for journalism, democracy, & you
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/12/Meta-Blocked-The-Tyee
@thetyee

Yesterday Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram & Threads, flexed its muscle and we at The Tyee felt the sting.
We’re blocked f. posting news stories on 2 of the giant’s platforms - Instagram; Threads (Meta’s rival to Twitter) - and it seems the same may soon be true on Facebook.

https://persagen.com/docs/sources.html#tyee

#TheTyee #OnlineNewsAct #MetaPlatforms

Well, Meta Went and Blocked The Tyee. That’s a Big Deal | The Tyee

We posted (as usual) on Instagram and Threads and got told to pound sand. What this means for journalism, democracy, and you.

The Tyee
Show threadJim Patterson 🇨🇦Jul 15, 2023
@persagen I'm still trying to decide what I'll use when #google stops working for me but it won't be #Bing.. #Microsoft is ruthless - crushing #Netscape in the 1990's, their #EmbraceExtendExtinguish play against #Java, ongoing attempts to sabotage #OpenOffice standards to prop up their #Office365 product - they won't be getting my search traffic.
Maybe @duckduckgo ?
https://medium.com/codex/microsoft-hasnt-changed-at-all-618160578af5
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 15, 2023

@SheamusPatt @duckduckgo Hi ! 👋

Check out Searx (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx) online instances, which work great.

Searx is a privacy-protecting (fully anonymous) open-source metasearch engine. It became my default open web search engine.

Alternative: Dogpile (metasearch aggregator).

https://northboot.xyz/
https://searxng.nicfab.eu/searxng/
Instances: https://searx.space/
https://www.dogpile.com/

#Searx #SearXNG #metasearch #privacy #DogPile #InternetSearch #SearchEngine

Searx - Wikipedia

Show threadken1951robertsJul 15, 2023
@SheamusPatt @persagen @duckduckgo I've been using #duckduckgo for a couple of years now, including their search engine and their Android web browser. Very happy with them, don't miss Google or Chrome.
Show threadDoug 🌈🇨🇦 Jul 15, 2023
@persagen if government funding could be used to enforce truth in reporting it might be a good thing. However that would give politicians a lever to determine what is truth.
Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 15, 2023

@Oldfartrant That's my concern.

"Polls" from the Vancouver-based Angus Reid Institute are read/cited by policy/decision makers, politicians & legislators - and the news media (uncritically).

Likewise, the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute - a pseudo-intellectual, pseudo-academic neoliberal "think tank" - is disproportionately influential:

* https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110515550010298107
* https://persagen.com/docs/fraser_institute-neoliberal_exemplars.html

Needless to say, I am a critic.

#AngusReid #FraserInstitute #neoliberalism #neoconservatism

About Victoria A. Stuart

Neoliberal tropes, disinformation produced by the Fraser Institute.

Show threadDoug 🌈🇨🇦 Jul 15, 2023
@persagen
The Fraser Institute is just a right wing propaganda horn of plenty.
Show threadShmockJun 29, 2023
@persagen money trumps an informed public every time