@Paulatics

Meta and Google blocking news is a logical reaction to the c18 requirement to pay - and one that they informed everyone (including the gov't) that they would do if the law passed. And so they did. To now point at them and say they're being irresponsible is ridiculous.
Canadians need to be able to share links with each other on a common platform. I hate FB, but at the moment, it is THAT platform.

#C18 #NWT #NWTfires #SenateofCanada #Facebook #Meta #cdnpoli #TRCM #BillC18

@Paulatics

Good. Users on facebook linking to news articles shouldn't cost facebook money. Otherwise, all the news orgs will setup bot farms posting their content.
And what about when an org posts links to their own content on facebook? Would that count?

(The discussion of Google taking snippets and putting them in search results is much different)

#facebook #meta #instagram #c18 #BillC18 #senateofcanada #senca #trcm #insta #cdnpoli #canada

@Paulatics

#canada #senateofcanada #cdnpoli

Please continue to choose your own words rather than have them written by lobbyists.

Who needs Santa Claus, when you can have Clause-by-Clause? Our #TRCM committee work on Bill C-11 continues this morning. https://senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20221129/-1/11600 #SenCa #senateofcanada #C11

@samvekemans @chrisjmcclure BTW - I’m a real toot-er and not a bot. (And I astonished my cool young Gen Z staffers by setting up my own account here before they had even explored Mastodon.) I’ve very grateful to everyone here who has made joining so much fun. #SenCa #SenateofCanada #ISG

@adammiller @samvekemans Thanks, Adam! I’m an Independent Senator from Alberta, and the first Canadian senator on Mastodon, I think. Am I the first Canadian parliamentarian? I’m not sure. I haven’t encountered any others, as yet. #ISG #SenCa #SenateofCanada #Alberta #notlikearegularmom