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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

Online Streaming Act, Online News Act Called Out in National Trade Estimate Report

The Online Streaming Act and Online News Act continues to be a trade problem with the US government.

https://www.freezenet.ca/online-streaming-act-online-news-act-called-out-in-national-trade-estimate-report/

#Business #Censorship #Copyright #International #News #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #CCIA #CUSMA #NationalTradeEstimateReport #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct #trade #US #USMCA #USTR

Online Streaming Act, Online News Act Called Out in National Trade Estimate Report

The Online Streaming Act and Online News Act continues to be a trade problem with the US government.

https://www.freezenet.ca/online-streaming-act-online-news-act-called-out-in-national-trade-estimate-report/

#Business #Censorship #Copyright #International #News #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #CCIA #CUSMA #NationalTradeEstimateReport #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct #trade #US #USMCA #USTR

Online Streaming Act, Online News Act Called Out in National Trade Estimate Report

The Online Streaming Act and Online News Act continues to be a trade problem with the US government.

https://www.freezenet.ca/online-streaming-act-online-news-act-called-out-in-national-trade-estimate-report/

#Business #Censorship #Copyright #International #News #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #CCIA #CUSMA #NationalTradeEstimateReport #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct #trade #US #USMCA #USTR

Online Streaming Act, Online News Act Called Out in National Trade Estimate Report

The Online Streaming Act and Online News Act continues to be a trade problem with the US government.

https://www.freezenet.ca/online-streaming-act-online-news-act-called-out-in-national-trade-estimate-report/

#Business #Censorship #Copyright #International #News #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #CCIA #CUSMA #NationalTradeEstimateReport #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct #trade #US #USMCA #USTR

Canadian Government Refuses to Respond to Journalist Not Subsidized By Government

You can ask questions of the government, but if you're not paid by the government, good luck getting a response.

https://www.freezenet.ca/canadian-government-refuses-to-respond-to-journalist-not-subsidized-by-government/

#Miscellaneous #News #accountability #BillC18 #Canada #government #journalism #OnlineNewsAct

Online News Act, Online Streaming Act Challenged in CUSMA Negotiations

The US is continuing to up the pressure to get a repeal of the Online News Act and the Online Streaming Act.

https://www.freezenet.ca/online-news-act-online-streaming-act-challenged-in-cusma-negotiations/

#Business #Censorship #Copyright #International #News #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #CUSMA #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct #US #USMCA

Heritage Minister: No Intention of Repealing Online News Act, Online Streaming Act

The Heritage Minister has said that he has no intention of repealing the destructive Online News Act and Online Streaming Act.

https://www.freezenet.ca/heritage-minister-no-intention-of-repealing-online-news-act-online-streaming-act/

#Censorship #Copyright #News #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct

As Summer Break Ends for House of Commons, Here Are Some Things to Watch For

Next week, the House of Commons Returns from the Summer break. There are things to watch out for as things move forward.

https://www.freezenet.ca/as-summer-break-ends-for-house-of-commons-here-are-some-things-to-watch-for/

#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #DigitalServicesTax #HouseOfCommons #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStramingAct #PrivacyReform

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

Trump’s 25% Tariff Threat Raises Questions About Canada’s Tech Regulations

Bill C-11, Bill C-18, and the Digital Services Tax have long been trade irritants. With Trump threatening tariffs, questions are being

https://www.freezenet.ca/trumps-25-tariff-threat-raises-questions-about-canadas-tech-regulations/

#Business #Censorship #Copyright #International #News #Technology #BillC11 #BillC18 #BillMorneau #DigitalServicesTax #DiMA #OnlineNewsAct #OnlineStreamingAct #tariff #Trump

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 Streaming Act Payoff a Bust? Layoffs Hit Disney and Paramount

The Online Streaming Act is supposed to generate huge payoffs. Yet, layoffs hitting Disney and Paramount further puts that into question.

https://www.freezenet.ca/online-streaming-act-payoff-a-bust-layoffs-hit-disney-and-paramount/

#Business #Censorship #News #BillC11 #BillC18 #Canada #Disney #layoffs #OnlineStreamingAct

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

As promised - here’s the latest Alberta Unbound - featuring Jason Markusoff of CBC Calgary, Danielle Paradis of APTN, and Jonny Wakefield of the Edmonton Journal/Sun, discussing the state of journalism in Alberta, and Canada. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/alberta-unbound/id1511810939?i=1000649719900 #AlbertaUnbound #CBC #APTN #EdmontonJournal #yeg #Edmonton #yyc #Calgary #Alberta #C18 #BillC18 #journalism #Facebook #Twitter #Mastodon

Canadian Journalism is Such an Unsustainable Mess, They Are Wholly Dependent on Government Bailouts

Government programs aimed at bailing out journalism outlets are set to expire next month. This led some reporters to fear another wave of layoffs.

When I was covering t

https://www.freezenet.ca/canadian-journalism-is-such-an-unsustainable-mess-they-are-wholly-dependent-on-government-bailouts/

#Business #News #bailouts #BillC18 #Canada #government #journalism #Media #OnlineNewsAct

CRTC to Hold Consultations on Failed Online News Act in New Timeline

The CRTC has released a timeline of how it expects to implement the Online News Act. This apparently involves holding consultations starting next month.

There's been a development in the failed Online News Act. The CRTC, the Canadian reg

https://www.freezenet.ca/crtc-to-hold-consultations-on-failed-online-news-act-in-new-timeline/

#Copyright #News #BillC18 #Canada #consultations #CRTC #OnlineNewsAct #timeline

This month, I sat down for a long chat with Sean Speer of The Hub, to talk about the future - and the past - of journalism in Canada. Here’s our conversation. https://thehub.ca/2024-01-23/those-newsrooms-are-not-coming-back-paula-simons-on-canadian-news-media/ #Edmonton #yeg #Alberta #Canada #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #BillC18 #C18 #Google #Meta #OnlineNewsAct #journalism #Facebook #TRCM

Skillful Negotiation or Legislative Fail? Taking Stock of the Bill C-18 Deal With Google - Michael Geist https://bit.ly/47ykXbS #BillC18 #Google #OnlineNewsAct #MichaelGeist #CAB #NewsMediaCanada #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli

CKMS News -2023-10-17- Radio Waterloo Responds to Meta’s C-18 Reaction

https://soundfm.s3.amazonaws.com/CKMSNews-2023-10-17-CKMSRespondsToMetasBillC18Reaction.mp3

“We have not been able to engage with any of our listeners on those platforms… We’re just getting caught up in it and it is not very fair to us.” is how Radio Waterloo’s president Nat Persaud responded when asked by CKMS News about the effects of Meta’s actions which de-platformed and restricted the community radio station’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

Similar to many community radio station across the country, Radio Waterloo, also known as CKMS, started to see restrictions on Facebook posts in August, and by September the station’s Facebook posts and profile were not viewable by folks inside of Canada. In early October, Radio Waterloo’s Instagram account had the same restrictions.

Meta has introduced restrictions on their platforms in response to the Canadian government’s bill C-18, which became law in June 2023 and is on track to come into full force in December. The bill, known as the Online News Act, in part seeks to impose fees on large social media and search engine companies for allowing Canadian created news content to be shared as links on their platforms, in effect charging the internet companies for re-publishing content if they profit from the interaction through selling advertising space or collecting and selling user info.  

At this time, only Google and Meta meet the triggering guidelines of the legislation, though if other companies increase their revenues or presence in Canada, they too would have to follow the new regulations. Google has said they will implement their reaction C-18 in December, with the delisting of news from the platform. 

For today’s show, CKMS News spoke with CKMS President Nat Persaud and CKMS News editor Bob Jonkman, who are both members of the station’s technical team, and Barry Rooke, the executive director of the National Community and Campus Radio Association.  The interviews included questions about the effects of bill C-18 on station operations, adaptations to the social media restrictions (like joining the fediverse), and ideas of the role of the government in funding community radio and local news.

For more in-depth background and analysis on Bill C-18, lawyer Michael Geist has discussed C-18 thoroughly on his website and podcast, which you can find at michaelgeist.ca/tag/c-18/

#BillC18 #C18 #canada #CKMS #facebook #Instagram #Meta #NCRA #OnlineNewsAct #RadioWaterloo

https://radiowaterloo.ca/ckms-news-2023-10-17-radio-waterloo-responds-to-metas-c-18-reaction/

@MattBinder In #Canada recent legislation ( #billC18 ) that came into force basically said social media sites and search engines can't link directly to legitimate *Canadian* #news sources without paying or negotiating some #compensation directly to those news sources. Seems fair, I mean they #scrape the articles and shove them in your faces with their own ads, stripping off the news site's ads.

Facebook and Google responded with a tantrum. "Pay? For news we scrape? FINE, NO NEWS FOR ANYONE". 1/

And here is the link to the draft C-18 regulations, so you can read them for yourself, and provide direct feedback to Canadian Heritage. (I actually disagree with Prof. Michael Geist. This isn't a straight-up link tax, per se. It's something far mushier and murkier.) https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2023/2023-09-02/html/reg1-eng.html #C18 #BillC18 #Meta #Facebook #cdnpoli #CanadianHeritage #cdnpoli #TRCM #SenateofCanada

I was a reporter for 30 years, before I became a Senator. So I know governments of all varieties dump information they don't want to draw attention to on the Friday before a long weekend. That's when Canadian Heritage dropped proposed regulations for C-18, which require Google & Meta to share 4% of Canadian earning with Canadian media. University of Ottawa internet law prof, @mgeist is....not impressed. https://mgeist.substack.com/p/a-4-link-tax-why-the-governments #C18 #BillC18 #cdnpoli #Meta #Google #TRCM #SenateofCanada

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

Bill C-18 Collateral Damage Victim, Jeff Green, Comments on His News Site Being Blocked on Meta

Jeff Green of the Frontenac News has spoken out about Bill C-18. This after Meta was forced to block links to their site.

The warnings of blocked news links as a result of

https://www.freezenet.ca/bill-c-18-collateral-damage-victim-jeff-green-comments-on-his-news-site-being-blocked-on-meta/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #FrontenacNews.newspaper #JeffGreen #Meta #newslinks

Media Publishers File Flawed Competition Act Application Over Meta Blocking News Links Due to Bill C-18 - Michael Geist https://bit.ly/3s7NtBv #Meta #Facebok #CompetitionBureau #OnlineNewsAct #BillC18 #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli

Bill C-18: The Begging and Instagram Blocking Continues

More sources are experiencing test blocking while others are continuing to beg their readers to bookmark their sites.

The chaos unleashed by Bill C-18 is continuing to run rampant in the Canadian news sector. Bill C-18 supporters and the gove

https://www.freezenet.ca/bill-c-18-the-begging-and-instagram-blocking-continues/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #CFJC #Google #Instagram #Meta #OnlineNewsAct #PattisonMedia #TheRover

We begin clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-18. You can watch the debate here: https://senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230613/-1/12365 #C18 #BillC18 #SenateofCanada #SenCa #cdnpoli #Canada #Google #Alphabet #Facebook #Meta #meta #OnlineNewsAct #TRCM

What happens to the Canadian news media - and to Canadians who are interested in the news - if Facebook and Google make good on their threats, and stop sharing news links? And what would that mean for Bill C-18? I had some tough questions for Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez in committee Wednesday night. It was what you might call a lively exchange! Listen in. https://youtu.be/3ocBAD0dWbw #Facebook #Google #C18 #BillC18 #SenateofCanada #TRCM #Canada #cdnpoli #Instagram #Meta #Alphabet #TikTok

Some big breaking news re Bill C-18. Meta will be testing out its protocols to block Canadians from sharing news on Facebook & Instagram. (The timing interests me, given our Senate Committee is in the midst of public hearings on C-18.) Read the story here, where you can. https://www.cp24.com/news/meta-will-test-blocking-news-on-instagram-facebook-for-some-canadians-1.6423993 #Facebook #Meta #Instagram #C18 #BillC18 #SenateofCanada #SenCa #TRCM #Insta #cdnpoli #Canada

I must admit that I thought this was obvious. If you stop linking to news due to Bill C-18, you stop the existing deals too.

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RT @AnjaKaradeglija
Google threatens existing deals with news publishers over online news bill #TRCM #CRTC #billC18

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/google-threatens-existing-deals-with-news-publishers via @nationalpost
https://twitter.com/AnjaKaradeglija/status/1653896900720852992

I want to share this provocative speech-turned-article from my friend, Senator @colindeacon about Bill C-18 and Google. An important read. https://www.policymagazine.ca/canada-needs-to-protect-weakening-news-outlets-will-bill-c-18-help-sustain-a-journalism-ecosystem/ #BillC18 #C18 #SenateofCanada #Google #Facebook #SenCa #Canada #cdnpoli #TRCM #C11 #BillC11 #AI

"On the #LatestEpisode of #TheMaple 's #NorthUntapped #podcast , we spoke to Dru Oja Jay from #TheBreach about why #BillC18 will likely end up #subsidizing the #profits & #debt #repayments of #corporate #media giants like #Postmedia & why the #government should instead focus on providing such #revenues to #nonprofit #news organizations dedicated to #PublicInterest #journalism ."

https://www.readthemaple.com/podcast-bill-c-wont-save-canadian-journalism/