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Mainstream Media Outlet Ransoms Its Own News Broadcast

CHCH has apparently decided to play the "give us everything we demand or the news broadcasts gets it" game.

https://www.freezenet.ca/mainstream-media-outlet-ransoms-its-own-news-broadcast/

#Miscellaneous #News #bailout #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #journalism #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct

Online News Act Golden Era: Rogers Slashes 10,000 Jobs

The supposed golden era of the Online News Act is continuing with Rogers slashing 10,000 employees.

https://www.freezenet.ca/online-news-act-golden-era-rogers-slashes-10000-jobs/

#Business #News #BillC18 #Canada #layoffs #LinkTax #OnlineNewsAct #Rogers

Mark Carney Mulling Rescinding the Online News Act

The Online News Act has been widely considered a complete and total failure. It seems rescinding it is a possibility.

https://www.freezenet.ca/mark-carney-mulling-rescinding-the-online-news-act/

#Copyright #News #BillC18 #Canada #LinkTax #MarkCarney #OnlineNewsAct #US

Liberal MP Calls for Online News Act to Be Scrapped

I've long said the Online News Act needs to be scrapped. Now, I'm learning that at least one Liberal MP agrees with me now.

https://www.freezenet.ca/liberal-mp-calls-for-online-news-act-to-be-scrapped/

#Copyright #News #BillC18 #Canada #Kelowna #Liberal #LinkTax #MP #OnlineNewsAct #StephenFuhr

Possible Implications of an Election for Tech Regulation

The Canadian government is experiencing a Conservative party filibuster. So, what would an election mean to the various tech policies?

https://www.freezenet.ca/possible-implications-of-an-election-for-tech-regulation/

#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #Technology #BillC18 #BillS210 #legislation #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct #politics

Mainstream Media Calls on Meta to Give Them Free Money

Following the CRTC approval of Google's Online News Act Exemption, the mainstream media demanded Meta to do the same thing.

https://www.freezenet.ca/mainstream-media-calls-on-meta-to-give-them-free-money/

#Copyright #News #BillC18 #Canada #CRTC #Facebook #Google #LinkTax #Media #Meta #OnlineNewsAct

Online News Act Caused Engagement to News Sites to Plummet by 43%

New research is adding to the growing body of evidence that the Online News Act has been devastating to the news sector.

Critics and experts like us have long warned of the consequences of the Online News Act, yet the government and the then

https://www.freezenet.ca/online-news-act-caused-engagement-to-news-sites-to-plummet-by-43/

#Copyright #News #BillC18 #Canada #engagement #LinkTax #Media #OnlineNewsAct #traffic

Canadian Government Says It Wants to Charge Meta for News Screenshots

The Canadian government is considering doubling down on the disaster that was the Online News Act. Says it might charge Meta for screenshots of news.

Everything about the Online News Act has been a predictable disaster.

https://www.freezenet.ca/canadian-government-says-it-wants-to-charge-meta-for-news-screenshots/

#Copyright #News #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #LinkTax #Meta #MichaelGeist #OnlineNewsAct #TaylorOwen

With wildfires blazing through the NWT, my colleague, Senator Dawn Anderson, is raising serious concerns about Meta's new blocking and how much harder it makes it for people in the North, particularly Indigenous communities who are huge Facebook users, to find real time news about evacuations. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/ottawa-playbook #C18 #NWT #NWTfires #SenateofCanada #Facebook #Meta #cdnpoli #TRCM #BillC18