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Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law (techxplore.com)

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Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada after a new law that forces digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose comes into force.

Only Canadian news will be blocked, so Canadian users will still be able to see content from outlets like Fox News or BBC, for example.

Meta made a similar announcement last week, saying that it will remove news from its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram before the law comes into force.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Good. Go to your favourite news sources directly, rather than have Google target you with analytic-based link targeting.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

People should get back into RSS feed readers instead of rely on google news imo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't live in Canada but that's what I started doing after I left Reddit. Only thing is that when it comes to gaming news there's no centralized place for it, and most "gaming news" outlets these days end up shoving blogspam everywhere instead of new game releases/updates/drama/anything else. Also what sucks is that some actual news sites don't offer RSS feeds anymore for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Don't live in Canada

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