"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has in recent days fiercely criticised Meta for barring access to critical safety information about a spate of wildfires, which is being disseminated by news companies.

...Meta has told Canadian news outlets that users can still access safety messages from government agencies and emergency services."

#MarcDaalder, 2023

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/bill-tabled-to-make-meta-and-google-negotiate-with-news-outlets

#NewsMedia #DataFarmers

"Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson has quietly tabled a long-awaited bill aimed at shoring up dwindling media company revenues by forcing tech firms to pay for news content that appears on their sites."

#MarcDaalder, 2023

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/bill-tabled-to-make-meta-and-google-negotiate-with-news-outlets

I don't support this typically timid, piecemeal, Labour party policy. It leaves the online ad oligopoly unaffected, but just forces it to share a sliver of its ill-gotten gains. @pluralistic nailed it here:

https://craphound.com/news/2022/04/17/big-tech-isnt-stealing-news-publishers-content/

@dn

Any privacy law companies can contract out of in their T&Cs effectively doesn't exist. This is the privacy equivalent of security theatre, not robust privacy protection.

"...the entities will be able to contract out of the notification process via their terms and conditions."

#MarcDaalder, 2023

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/law-change-will-tell-you-when-your-data-is-sold

#privacy #Aotearoa #NZ