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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How will this affect Lemmy.ca?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far C-18 only targets Google and Facebook, but I wouldn't be surprised if it expands to other large commercial social media platforms.

I doubt it would impact the Fediverse, since at the moment the platform isn't generating any revenue from the content through ads or clicks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

One of our senators mentioned that the threshold was set so that it only affects Google and Meta. Microsoft can share news stories without paying because Bing isn't as popular.

That same senator also said that more people should start using Bingโ„ข, and that it's actually a really good search engine. Not even joking. The article read like a sponsored post.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Makes me think about how the BBC started a mastodon instance. If the CBC follows their example, then federation changes the relationship with social media, as it's sort of baked in...?