Elena Rossini ⁂18h ago

I checked out the homepage of a leading national newspaper in the US to see if / how they would cover #NoKingsDay. Crickets for now (no surprises there).

Something else I noticed on the homepage: an article about Instagram. Not linking to it on purpose, but just wanted to say that the way mainstream newspapers cover social media it's as if the fediverse didn't even exist. That's my biggest pet peeve.

I'll be emailing the reporter about #Pixelfed. Not sure what else I can do - suggestions?

clew15h ago
Show threadLisa!
@_elena no kings day is getting coverage in canada, mainstream on the CBC but links are blocked in the US. If you have vpn maybe? https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/no-kings-protests-saturday-1.7559428
This was top of my feed yesterday #NoKingsDay #NoKings
Update: is accessible from some areas of the US!
No Kings protests against Trump's policies expected to sweep U.S. on Saturday | CBC News

A United-States-wide demonstration against President Donald Trump, planned for months and to be held Saturday, has ballooned in scope since protests against the administration's immigration raids broke out last week. 

CBC
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Show threadElena Rossini ⁂16h ago
@galleryelle thank you for sharing! 🙏
Show threadLisa!16h ago
@_elena 😌 good luck for today
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂14h ago
@galleryelle oh I’m not in the U.S… I’m not even in Paris today (where I think there might be a march). I just joined my extended family in Burgundy so I’ll be witnessing things from the side 🥲
Show threadLisa!8h ago
@_elena wee update for you: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/no-kings-protests-1.7561546 it’s being updated live, last update an hour ago and top of my feed again
Trump protests sweep across U.S. ahead of Saturday's military parade | CBC News

Demonstrators crowded into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. Saturday to rally against President Donald Trump as officials urged calm and mobilized National Guard troops ahead of a military parade to mark the army's 250th anniversary that coincides with the president's birthday.

CBC
Show thread🔷🔶🔷 Chris is. 🔶🔷🔶13h ago
@galleryelle @_elena the link isn't blocked in the US; I'm looking at it from the US right now; no need to get on a sketchy VPN.
Show threadLisa!13h ago
@offby1 @_elena great! It is blocked for some areas. I had a few friends test for me and they couldn’t access (all in California)
…updated original post :)
Show threadWouter@nukleos11h ago
@galleryelle @_elena Just curious: who is blocking those links?
Show threadLisa!9h ago
@nukleos @_elena im not sure but i think it’s connected to this big thing last year about canadian news and large US media needing to pay canadian reporters for linking to their work (so everyone got fairly compensated for good reporting). Big newsfeeds refused to share royalties and so some canadian news was cut off from being able to be accessed both within and outside of canada on some platforms https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634
Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram, Meta says | CBC News

The social media giant Meta has confirmed that it will end access to news on its social media sites for all Canadian users before Bill C-18, the Online News Act, comes into force.

CBC
Show threadWouter@nukleos6h ago
@galleryelle @_elena Ah, so it’s Meta doing the blocking? Good thing I don’t use F*book or I*gram!
Show threadLisa!9h ago
@nukleos @_elena im not a techie  …i think it depends on how you access news (like which feed) whether or not you can see it?