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The NWT government and city of Yellowknife are describing in tweets, Instagram messages etc. how to search key evacuation information on CPAC and CBC. The broadcast carriers have a duty to carry emergency information, but Meta and X are blocking links.

While internet access is reportedly limited in Yellowknife, residents are finding this a barrier to getting current and accurate information. Even links to CBC radio are blocked.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Should they? Not if we punish them with fees for linking. I mean, imagine you're trying to warn your neighbours about an approaching fire and a police officer pulls up to tell you that you'll have to pay $50 for each neighbour you warn. I wouldn't blame you if you stopped, I'd blame whatever law stopped you. Similarly here, I don't blame Meta for not linking but I blame the government that will penalize Meta the moment any link points to a news outlet, emergency or not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

This is a bad take. I'm blaming Facebook for deciding they'd rather not have news than share the money they make off it with the people who need to be paid to make it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While paying 0$ in taxes on the profit they make off of Canadians, don't forget to add that part!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Kecessa @ram
So tax them!
C-18 is the absolute WRONG way to extract revenue. It hurts Canadians as well as smaller Canadian news and content providers.
The CBC and our oligopoly of mainstream news are pushing C-18 to cement their own status, not help Canadians to be better informed.
It's not Meta and Alphabet's fault that our media can't monetize their content once people get to their sites. Taxing links is not the answer and the consequences are obvious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

How do you tax a company that on paper has no revenue in your country?

Oh... Exactly like the government is trying to do right now, will you look at that?

You realise they manage to not even pay taxes in the USA?

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