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TechDirt: As Canada Passes Corrupt Link Tax, Meta Says No More News Links In Canada (www.techdirt.com)
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TechDirt’s Mike Masnick gets it exactly right in covering Canada’s C-18 bill:

If you believe in the open web, if you believe that you should never have to pay to link to something, if you believe that no one should have to pay to provide you a benefit, then you should support Meta’s stance here. Yes, it’s self-serving for Meta. Of course it is. But, even if it’s by accident, or a side-effect, it’s helping to defend the open web, against a ridiculous attack from an astoundingly ignorant and foolish set of Canadian politicians.

And just generally points out the huge holes in Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez understanding from the Power & Politics Interview.

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For all the open web absolutists among us, consider this.

Our democracy depends on the survival of our news media. That should be an uncontestable point. The open web in Canada depends on our democracy. Should it fail, the open web fails with it. If that isn't obvious, think what undemocratic countries do to the web and why.

This law specifically targets corporations that have an outsized market power against news orgs. It exempts everyone who doesn't.

If this law helps protect the viability of our news organizations, then it helps protect democracy in Canada and therefore the open web.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Yes, usually linking to canadian news on google and facebook provides a summary of the article as well - so many users are satisfied with reading that and dont click.

So facebook and google get the ad revenue, canadian news outlets rhat produce those headlines get nothing.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That's right. 👍

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