Canada @lemmy.ca floofloof @lemmy.ca 2y ago

Google will pull news links in Canada in response to new law

www.engadget.com Google will pull news links in Canada in response to new law | Engadget

Google is pulling news links from its search and news features in Canada after the passage of a new law..

World News @beehaw.org floofloof @lemmy.ca 2y ago

www.engadget.com /google-will-pull-news-links-in-canada-in-response-to-new-law-174838196.html

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Greedy google doing greedy google things.
- Greedy old news companies thinking they should be paid every time google displays a link or one of us posts to social media.. THe way the bill is structured links to news sites posted HERE on lemmy.ca may make lemmy.ca responsible for paying for them to the old news companies.
  
  It's a bad law.
  
  F*ck these bozos who dont understand how much this is going to screw canadian news sites. They just see google gets owned and support whatever tf it is like sheep. Awful law
  
  I am amazed at how people don't understand that vague law that takes out there "Current enemy" could be used against them down the road.. THERE IS NO SUPPORT OF GOOGLE or facebook.. it is a bad law that could be turned around to start playing whack mole with lemmy instances in the future, especially those run by a Canadian entity or on canadian hosting.
  
  You're lying.
  
  Care to elaborate?
  
  Answered here: https://lemmy.sdf.org/comment/485311
  
  And the comment responding to it did a wonderful job of rebutting your point, so I won't repeat it.
  
  It did no such thing. The commenter doesn't even seem to be aware that "Lemmy" isn't a place or organization.
  
  Lemmy is 1000 independent websites, run by 1000 different independent individuals. And no single website running Lemmy will be in a position to wield influence over news media organizations.
  
  It didn't actually. It is fascinating to find so many pro-authoritarian pro-billionaire tech fascist accounts on Lemmy.
  
  Just because we want thoughtful regulation does not mean we support Meta and Alphabet. Why is this fascinating or surprising? Do you think the EFF is a huge fan of link taxes or Facebook?
  
  They have had years to change and thoughtfully regulate themselves and refused. These fascist billionaire companies profit by sowing chaos in our democracy and pushing propaganda into our population without even paying taxes. To hell with Meta and Alphabet.
  
  That's a whole lot of assumptions you're making about me there, all because I said there are problems with a law. I guess Lemmy isn't all that different from reddit after all.
  
  What strategic advantage does Lemmy have? It's open source ffs

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