The Impact of the Online News Act Could Be Felt in the Financial Sector

With the blocking of news happening on Meta, it seems that the impact has extended to the financial sector.

Last month, I noted that the RCMP have started shifting focus towards social media. It was notew

https://www.freezenet.ca/the-impact-of-the-online-news-act-could-be-felt-in-the-financial-sector/

#Business #Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #finance #FinancialAdvisor #Google #Meta #OnlineNewsAct

Torontoverse Announces Slowdown in Light of Bill C-18/Facebook News Links Block

Bill C-18 victim, Torontoverse, has spoken out about Bill C-18. They announced a slowdown of operations.

Yesterday, I posted a vlog, discussing not only the fact that Freezenet survived the Facebook news links apocalypse, but

https://www.freezenet.ca/torontoverse-announces-slowdown-in-light-of-bill-c-18-facebook-news-links-block/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #OnlineNewsAct #Torontoverse

Vlog: Freezenet Survives the Facebook News Links Apocalypse

In this 16th instalment of the vlog, I talk about Freezenet surviving the Facebook news link apocalypse. I also talk about how I think I did it.

Welcome to the 16th instalment of my vlog. Today, I talk about Freezenet seemingly surviving the Facebook news links apocalypse.

https://www.freezenet.ca/vlog-freezenet-survives-the-facebook-news-links-apocalypse/

#Podcast #BillC18 #Facebook #Freezenet #OnlineNewsAct #Vlog

User Engagement to Media Companies Facebook Pages Collapses

With the dropping of news links, it appears that engagement with those Facebook/Instagram pages has fallen off of a cliff.

With Facebook predictably dropping news links in Canada, other predictions, well, predictably, started falling into place. News

https://www.freezenet.ca/user-engagement-to-media-companies-facebook-pages-collapses/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #engagement #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #OnlineNewsAct

How an Indigenous Push for Bill C-18 Inclusion Led to Getting Their Links Blocked

Indigenous news links are getting blocked on Meta platforms. The source of the problem appears to come from an indigenous source.

An off and on aspect of the Bill C-18/Online News Act debate is the impact on ind

https://www.freezenet.ca/how-an-indigenous-push-for-bill-c-18-inclusion-led-to-getting-their-links-blocked/

#Copyright #APTN #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #indigenous #Meta #OnlineNewsAct

Facebook Dropping Facebook News in France, UK, and Germany

Facebook has announced that Facebook News will be going by the wayside in 4 European countries, throwing another wrench into link taxes.

One of the concepts pushed by link tax supporters around the wo

https://www.freezenet.ca/facebook-dropping-facebook-news-in-france-uk-and-germany/

#Copyright #International #BillC18 #Canada #Europe #Facebook #FacebookNews #France #Germany #LinkTax #Meta #NewsLinks #OnlineNewsAct #UK

An Overview of the Canadian Government “Draft Regulations” of the Online News Act

With the Canadian government releasing the draft regulations of the Online News Act, we decided to take a look inside and see what we find.

Recently, there was the release of the so-called "draft regulations" of th

https://www.freezenet.ca/an-overview-of-the-canadian-government-draft-regulations-of-the-online-news-act/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #DraftRegulations #government #OnlineNewsAct

Curious - is Online News Act, Bill C-18 affecting you or your business (positive or negative)? #billc18

Government: Funding Received from Online News Act Won’t All Go to News Production

Would funding received from platforms go to news production under the Online News Act? Not necessarily, according to government.

Meta has already dropped support for news links in Canada. Google has said that it w

https://www.freezenet.ca/government-funding-received-from-online-news-act-wont-all-go-to-news-production/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #Google #Meta #money #OnlineNewsAct

Canadian Government Raises the Cost of News Links for Platforms

The government released some draft regulations for the Online News Act. In it, they effectively raised the cost to host them.

Meta has already rolled out news links blocking on Facebook. In late June, Google announced that it, too, would block new

https://www.freezenet.ca/canadian-government-raises-the-cost-of-news-links-for-platforms/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #Google #LinkTax #Meta #OnlineNewsAct

Not Everyone Got Affected by the News Link Block on Facebook

It may be easy to assume that absolutely anything related to news got impacted on Facebook. There is still some news, however.

After news links got blocked on Facebook, some users may have noticed a difference on the platform, but it wound up hardly being the deal breake

https://www.freezenet.ca/not-everyone-got-affected-by-the-news-link-block-on-facebook/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #Meta #OnlineNewsAct

Do Regular Users Miss the Presence of News On Facebook? Maybe Not

The dropping of news links on Facebook has certainly been noticeable, but do users miss the news? Maybe not.

With news links disappearing on Facebook, it marked the end of the debate on whether or not it was all a big fancy bluff. Any hope that the

https://www.freezenet.ca/do-regular-users-miss-the-presence-of-news-on-facebook-maybe-not/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #Meta #NewsLinks #OnlineNewsAct

Traffic Remains Unchanged on Facebook After Meta News Link Block

Bill C-18 supporters snapped up another loss again. Traffic on Facebook has remained unchanged following the news link block.

Publishers need platforms more than platforms need publishers. This mantra has remained true for pretty much any link tax legis

https://www.freezenet.ca/traffic-remains-unchanged-on-facebook-after-meta-news-link-block/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #Facebook #Meta #OnlineNewsAct #traffic

Lost in the Bill C-18 Debates: Connectivity Issues in Wildfire Zones

Canadian's are hearing a lot about how lack of emergency information is all Meta's fault. What you don't see as much? The connectivity issues.

In the face of tragic wildfires across Canada, the Can

https://www.freezenet.ca/lost-in-the-bill-c-18-debates-connectivity-issues-in-wildfire-zones/

#Copyright #Technology #BillC18 #Canada #CellPhone #connectivity #Meta #NorthwestTerritories #OnlineNewsAct #service

CRTC Sets Mandatory Bargaining for Bill C-18 to Late 2024 – 2025

The large media companies were hoping for a quick favourable resolution to the issues of Bill C-18. The CRTC isn't giving it to them.

The situation with Bill C-18 has predictably become a complete mess with Facebook in the process of dropping news links. Google, with thei

https://www.freezenet.ca/crtc-sets-mandatory-bargaining-for-bill-c-18-to-late-2024-2025/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #CRTC #OnlineNewsAct

@steve@yelvington.com Hurh. Interestingly, while #threads is run by #meta, Threads is not blocking Canadian news media links for #Canadians #billC18 the way #Facebook is.

But yeah, this web interface is somewhat lackluster.

As PM Trudeau Complains About Meta News Link Blocking, He Continues to Shovel Ad Money to Them

Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau complained that Meta is continuing news link blocking. This as he can't stop shovelling advertising dollars towards them.

In response to the wildfires across Canada,

https://www.freezenet.ca/as-pm-trudeau-complains-about-meta-news-link-blocking-he-continues-to-shovel-ad-money-to-them/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #JustinTrudeau #LinkTax #OnlineNewsAct

Canadian media orgs: "Let's extort the mega tech corps!"

Canadian politicians: "Great idea! Can't see anything wrong with this!"

(Tech corps take their ball and go home)

Canadian media orgs: "Waah! Not fair! Our extortion didn't work!"

Canadian politicians: "Waah! Not fair! You should link to natural disaster news (and pay the extortion fee)!"

#canada #billC18
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/22/canadian-media-orgs-said-that-meta-linking-to-news-was-anticompetitive-now-they-say-not-linking-to-news-is-anticompetitive/

Government Continues to Politicize the Wildfires, but Changes to the Law Not Happening

The Canadian government is doubling down on politicizing the wildfires, but claims that changes to the law can happen are greatly exaggerated.

The situation with news links, though highly predictable

https://www.freezenet.ca/government-continues-to-politicize-the-wildfires-but-changes-to-the-law-not-happening/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #government #OnlineNewsAct #PascaleStOnge #wildfires

In #Canada we can no longer find Canadian news from Meta thanks to #BillC18 Our governments of course aren’t smart enough to come up with this sort of plan by themselves, I’d like to highlight this note from @mgeist https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/04/how-did-news-media-canada/ :

“In fact, not content with obtaining payments for reproduction of news content, [News Media Canada] lobbied for a far broader approach that even includes payment for links”