Ottawa pulls advertising, escalating showdown with Facebook and Instagram
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Re: Ottawa pulls advertising, escalating showdown with Facebook and Instagram
#2I'm not sure I'd want my government spending money on ads anyway.
Re: Ottawa pulls advertising, escalating showdown with Facebook and Instagram
#3> Facebook has decided to be unreasonable, irresponsible, and started blocking news.
Are they acting unreasonably though? There is a product, and the government rules it has a price. Isn't Facebook allowed to go, sorry, I don't like that price?
Re: Ottawa pulls advertising, escalating showdown with Facebook and Instagram
#4I'm not sure I'd want my government spending money on ads anyway.
The government needs to get out messages to its citizens. If ads on facebook is more cost effective than sending out mailers or whatever, why shouldn't they spend money on facebook ads?
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#5I'm not sure I'd want my government spending money on ads anyway.
The government needs to get out messages to its citizens. If ads on facebook is more cost effective than sending out mailers or whatever, why shouldn't they spend money on facebook ads?
Who is living under a rock and not getting bombarded with political BS every second on FB but seeing FB ads from PBS?
I'm just not sure that's a good forum for governments to try to get out a message.
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#6Oh no... bids for impressions will decrease in canada by: $0.00001.
This is just silly, this is the least of facebook's worries.
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#7Facebook holds all the power here. Canadian gov't ad spend is not a significant cudgel.
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#8Seeding control of the mainstream media narrative over this silly law is going to have hilarious implications for the future of the Canadian government.
Most importantly, it's now 10x harder to control the narrative and for the government to manufacture consent.
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#9Note: This article is by the National Post, which is owned by PostMedia, who were one of the main backers of bill C18. Just something to keep in mind.
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