Worth noting that this apparently won't go into effect until the law is fully implemented. That could still be months away. But unless it's resolved before then, both news and search would be removed for Canadian users without a VPN.

I've been a duckduckgo user for years, although I sometimes prefer Google's interface for finding news as opposed to a general search. 

RadioActive wrote:

Worth noting that this apparently won't go into effect until the law is fully implemented. That could still be months away. But unless it's resolved before then, both news and search would be removed for Canadian users without a VPN.

I think Globe & Mail.com, The Toronto Star.com, CNN.com, CP24.com, CBC.com, National Post.com, Fox News.com, North Shore News.com, Saltwire.com, and the like, will all still work.

You don't need Google or Facebook to discover "the news"
 

Now here's something you don't see every day - a newspaper columnist essentially arguing against the future of newspapers. It's all in relation to Bill C-18, which most publications are in favour of because they need the revenue it will bring in, but some argue is badly written and will actually wind up hurting the very papers it's supposedly trying to save. Certainly an unusual column for a guy who works for the Globe & Mail. 

"Such boycotts could harm the news operations the legislation was intended to help. And this purported help has probably come to an industry that, in its current form, cannot be rescued."

What Bill C-18 is trying to save might be too far gone  

There have been a lot of warnings about Canadian news disappearing from Facebook, Instagram and Google thanks to the contentious Bill C-18. Ever wonder what that will look like if it happens? It did to an editor at the CBC, resulting in the first time I've ever seen an article like this:

Canadian news is starting to vanish from Instagram and Google. Here's how to find CBC as that happens

"As I opened the Instagram app, I caught a momentary glimpse of recent stories we had published to the social media platform, which is owned by Meta, the company also behind Facebook. The top posts included a video documenting how a group of high school students had built a wheelchair-friendly lawn mower and donated it to a man in Windsor, Ont., and a story post on the largest-ever high school graduating class at the only school in Pikangikum First Nation. Each had thousands of likes. 

And then it all disappeared.

The screen flashed white."

another example at CHCH

https://twitter.com/gregobr/status/1675981911876063232?s=20

Turnabout, as they say, is fair play. 

Quebecor to pull ads from Facebook, Instagram after news access halted

Hansa wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

Worth noting that this apparently won't go into effect until the law is fully implemented. That could still be months away. But unless it's resolved before then, both news and search would be removed for Canadian users without a VPN.

Or just use another search engine. Hopefully bullying tactics like this will result in people looking to alternatives to Google's monopoly.

lol @ bullying.

"If you do A you have to pay B"

"It not longer makes financial sense for us to do A"

Bullying, sure.

RadioAaron wrote:

Maybe for his next trick, the Minister can shake down Spotify so radio can get in on this sweet action.

 

I don't get it.  Spotify doesn't sell ads on Frequency podcasts, Rogers does, so if that's the point you're trying to make, you failed.
Also, cheering for tech companies to be unaccountable to any rules of any country probably isn't what we should be doing.  Lack of oversight is the reason Google search sucks now.  They want to keep you on Google's pages and websites that pay the most money to Google, which should be a violation of anti-trust laws.  It used to be that the fastest most relevant result was at the top.  Not anymore.

This shouldn't surprise anyone - CBC/Radio Canada has become the latest to "pause" advertising with Meta over Bill C-18. (Frankly, I wasn't even aware CBC did any ad placements on the platforms, but for what it's worth, here's their official Press Release.)

Disruptors decided that municipal taxi licences were "Oh so yesterday". Uber (and others) simply said, "F*** you" to laws, bylaws and regulations. In many areas, the taxi companies are bankrupt or heading that way.

Social media disruptors decided that copyright laws and norms were "Oh so yesterday", but they did like what legitimate news gathering organizations were doing. When they were called out on it, they did what bullies do. They blame others, pout and distribute their billions to shareholders. Of course the owners of disruptor pirates are BY FAR the largest shareholders.

The lesson? To hell with laws?

Any questions?

Dial Twister wrote:

The lesson? To hell with laws?

Any questions?

I have one. What law was being broken?

Dial Twister wrote:

Disruptors decided that municipal taxi licences were "Oh so yesterday". Uber (and others) simply said, "F*** you" to laws, bylaws and regulations. In many areas, the taxi companies are bankrupt or heading that way.

See, for the Uber analogy to work, Uber would need to be an app that taxi companies used to offer rides through a common platform. In exchange for the added visibility and ease of use, the app displayed some ads around the links to taxi rides.

 =20pxFacebook is willing to spend money on all these things, but they refuse to pay their fair share and follow the law in Canada.”

I guess having their hand out prevents the G&M from calling out that blatant lie