▲ 45 ▼ Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada (www.bbc.com) submitted 3 years ago by alyaza@beehaw.org [M] to c/technology@beehaw.org 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CDN@beehaw.org 8 points 3 years ago (2 children) Happy to see Meta booted from the industry, but I'm a bit concerned about Google no longer indexing news articles here... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Google is more interested in serving page after page of ads and boilerplate and ai generated articles. I don't think them not indexing things is as relevant as it used to be permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Towerism@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ever since I’ve switched to DuckDuckGo, my searching experience has been way better. Google’s new mobile experience is absolute garbage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rho50@lemmy.nz 1 point 3 years ago IIRC DuckDuckGo wasn't a fan of the Australian media bargaining bill either. I suspect they will also deindex news sites in Canada should amendments not be made. I haven't seen the Canadian one and this is honestly the first I've heard of it, but the idea that a referrer has to pay a news website for directing traffic to them is ludicrous to me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Serenus@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago If this marks the return of people actually picking up a newspaper (or the digital equivalent), that'd be fantastic. Not holding my breath, but one can hope. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Butterbee@beehaw.org 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Google is more interested in serving page after page of ads and boilerplate and ai generated articles. I don't think them not indexing things is as relevant as it used to be permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Towerism@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ever since I’ve switched to DuckDuckGo, my searching experience has been way better. Google’s new mobile experience is absolute garbage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rho50@lemmy.nz 1 point 3 years ago IIRC DuckDuckGo wasn't a fan of the Australian media bargaining bill either. I suspect they will also deindex news sites in Canada should amendments not be made. I haven't seen the Canadian one and this is honestly the first I've heard of it, but the idea that a referrer has to pay a news website for directing traffic to them is ludicrous to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Towerism@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Ever since I’ve switched to DuckDuckGo, my searching experience has been way better. Google’s new mobile experience is absolute garbage. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rho50@lemmy.nz 1 point 3 years ago IIRC DuckDuckGo wasn't a fan of the Australian media bargaining bill either. I suspect they will also deindex news sites in Canada should amendments not be made. I haven't seen the Canadian one and this is honestly the first I've heard of it, but the idea that a referrer has to pay a news website for directing traffic to them is ludicrous to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rho50@lemmy.nz 1 point 3 years ago IIRC DuckDuckGo wasn't a fan of the Australian media bargaining bill either. I suspect they will also deindex news sites in Canada should amendments not be made. I haven't seen the Canadian one and this is honestly the first I've heard of it, but the idea that a referrer has to pay a news website for directing traffic to them is ludicrous to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Serenus@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago If this marks the return of people actually picking up a newspaper (or the digital equivalent), that'd be fantastic. Not holding my breath, but one can hope. permalink fedilink source parent