Personally, I don’t use Facebook or Twitter, but I do use Google & I’m on an Apple Platform. Many aren’t though, & in all honesty…. I have not seen a print newspaper in years….many many years….
I use FB, and got a twitter account after Musk bought it.Don’t much use it. Also try to read BC papers. Mostly onlinePersonally, I don’t use Facebook or Twitter, but I do use Google & I’m on an Apple Platform. Many aren’t though, & in all honesty…. I have not seen a print newspaper in years….many many years….
The only place I see print is in hotels .I don’t even know where to find a print newspaper anymore. They used to be in every corner store, etc… but I literally have not seen one in years now.
Not everyone is a news junky and on online forums to debate, so personally I do think a significant portion of the population does use social media for their news feeds, & google to inquire further about something that actually catches their attention.does anyone really rely on social media for their news?
it is fun though to see the left eating itself as predicted
Canadian Independent creators have done well with the internet so no government interference was required. But apparently, the MSM don't like it as they've lost business but hey, if you don't put the factual product out there, no one is going to buy it.Google has followed fellow tech giant Meta in announcing it will block Canadian news content from its search engine in Canada after days of negotiations with the Liberal government hit an impasse over its recently passed online news bill.
“We have been saying for over a year that this is the wrong approach to supporting journalism in Canada and may result in significant changes to our products,” a blog post from Kent Walker, the company’s president of global affairs, read Thursday.
“We have now informed the government that when the law takes effect, we unfortunately will have to remove links to Canadian news from our Search, News and Discover products in Canada, and that C-18 will also make it untenable for us to continue offering our Google News Showcase product in Canada.”![]()
Google to block access to Canadian news for anyone living in Canada — Toronto Star
It is believed that Google and Meta’s combined responses to Ottawa’s Bill C-18 could result in millions of dollars in lost revenue for Canadian news publishers, and result in the closing of some smaller and independent media outlets.apple.news
I hear you, but we’re at a different point in time now, where ESPN, or Google, or Facebook, or others….aren’t fledgling breakthrough entities trying to get a toehold in the market. Currently they are the market…with a “side of news” in Canada. They can take or leave the “news” portion if push comes to Liberal shove.The saga of content providers v. carriers has been long and weird. Back in the day, providers like ESPN paid cable systems to carry them. Then they got so popular, they started charging cable systems to carry them.
That's the market at work.
Then government gets involved. . .
Apt analogy! In the Canadian case, it’ll hit close to home as the ICE Vehicle will no longer be available for sale (new) as of 2035 (I shit you not). It’ll be EV’s or used ICE vehicles from that point forward, and yes, technology can & will change, but that’s in less that twelve years so it better hurry the Hell up already.Basically, instead of the market (where CBC knows it can't get paid) government decided to require payment. And so far carriers are saying "No, thanks."
I'll sell you a shitbox K-car for 50,000 dollars (U.S. or Canada). Obviously, you'll say "No, thanks (being a polite Canadian and all). Then I'll get the government to pass a law saying you MUST pay to get my shitbox K-car. And you'll still say "No, thanks."
As they say in Quebec and parts of NB, "C'est la vie."
OK, funny (sort of) K-Car Story. Buddy owned one, in surprising good shape. He goes away for the weekend (this is 25-30 years ago) and someone smashed out the windows in it. He discovered this when he arrived home.….I'll sell you a shitbox K-car for 50,000 dollars (U.S. or Canada). Obviously, you'll say "No, thanks (being a polite Canadian and all). Then I'll get the government to pass a law saying you MUST pay to get my shitbox K-car. And you'll still say "No, thanks."….
Ah, the lying continues, so what else is new?I hear you, but we’re at a different point in time now, where ESPN, or Google, or Facebook, or others….aren’t fledgling breakthrough entities trying to get a toehold in the market. Currently they are the market…with a “side of news” in Canada. They can take or leave the “news” portion if push comes to Liberal shove.
Once C-18 (& C-11) are in full swing (so by 2024-ish?), we can expect the next chapter being “The Online Safety Act” which with C-11 will decide for you what is or isn’t ‘the truth’ (or at least the official truth) with financial consequences for those that do not adhere to the official truth and are deemed to be promoting misinformation or disinformation or even cisinformation in conflict with the Government of the day.
Packaged & sold as preventing online hate and misinformation…but deciding for you what actually is or isn’t online hate or misinformation…Have your say: The Government’s proposed approach to address harmful content online - Canada.ca
Online platforms are increasingly central to participation in democratic, cultural and public life.www.canada.ca
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Rex Murphy: Misinformation on disinformation from a confused Justin Trudeau
If the PM does not understand the meaning of these words, how can Canadians possibly trust his government to regulate their speech?nationalpost.com
So would the following be Misinformation, Cisinformation, Disinformation, or just something the Canadian public would never see due to fear of financial sanctions upon its publisher?:
Or this?:
Or this?:
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Trudeau denies wanting Wilson-Raybould to lie on SNC-Lavalin
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau denied wanting Jody Wilson-Raybould to lie as the SNC-Lavalin affair — which figured prominently in the last election — burst b...www.youtube.com
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Politicians and health bureaucrats trying to ‘rewrite history’ about ‘illiberal’ COVID rules
Politicians and health bureaucrats are “trying desperately to rewrite history” and convince people they never advocated for “crippling illiberal lockdowns", ...www.youtube.com
The effort in trying to not get caught? Now instead of just not getting caught in a lie, they’re legislating things so that pointing out the lies could be misinformation or disinformation….leading to fines & sanctions for publishing pointing them out? That’s the the big difference I’d say.Ah, the lying continues, so what else is new?
Wow, I have to admit I never thought of that but it sounds about right!The effort in trying to not get caught? Now instead of just not getting caught in a lie, they’re legislating things so that pointing out the lies could be misinformation or disinformation….leading to fines & sanctions for publishing pointing them out? That’s the the big difference I’d say.