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minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink4•2 years agoThere’s been a lot of talk about whether this will lead to these companies just leaving Canada, but Australia passed a similar law and the companies ultimately complied, so I suspect we’ll see a similar result here. (no paywall link)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoHave to confess I found the Facebook threat to stop showing news in users’ feeds amusing; I did not think Facebook included real news to start with.
There’s been a lot of talk about whether this will lead to these companies just leaving Canada, but Australia passed a similar law and the companies ultimately complied, so I suspect we’ll see a similar result here.
(no paywall link)
Have to confess I found the Facebook threat to stop showing news in users’ feeds amusing; I did not think Facebook included real news to start with.