Bill C-18: Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law

Post by morkalork » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

peanuty1 wrote: post #183

morkalork wrote: post #163

Media in Canada is in pretty dire straits right now. It looks like one of the last left-ish leaning papers (Toronto Star) is about to be gobbled up by post media. A huge swath of broadcast news media is owned by just one company, Bell which predictably leads to stories like "Top Bell Media executive urged CTV to avoid ‘negative spin’ on coverage of parent company". Plus the current batch of conservative leaders (PP,…

Important to note that the CBC is state-funded and even the previous leader of the ultra left-wing party, Tom Mulcair, has recently accused the CBC of having a heavy left-wing bias.

Post by golem14 » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

kccqzy wrote: post #150

pipo234 wrote: post #83

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True. There is some great content (blogs, OS software, books, p2p networks, public libraries, academia, government), but by and large that wasn't created with monetary incentives. Could there be a way to sustainably make enough money from visitors without making it all suck?

I think there really needs to be a micro-transaction mechanism on the web, but unfortunately it was needed ten years ago and there still isn't one.

Post by motohagiography » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 8:41 PM UTC

Post by tenebrisalietum » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 8:42 PM UTC

motohagiography wrote: post #196

A side effect of this implies that if the internet platforms drop all Canadian media as a result of this law, it demonetizes all Canadian media, and then the only Canadian media that survives is what is directly subsidized by the government at its discretion. I see why this "works" now. The effect is censorship and silencing of disfavoured outlets with the pretense of deniability. This country is a lost cause.

Post by cpncrunch » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 8:45 PM UTC

tradewinds wrote: post #188

cpncrunch wrote: post #179

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Where are the adverts on google news? I haven't seen a single advert there in 10 years, and I just looked very carefully in case I somehow missed them, but no, there are none.

Even within the search results, there will be ads. If you search "what happened in Canada today", Google will link some news and there will likely be a sponsored link or some form of income-generating item for Google. Then there's the data you're generating as you use Google to navigate to the content you want, which can also be sold. Google connects you to content, every dollar they make is dependent on a non-Google…