@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

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – Conclusions and Links

We have finished our Bill C-18 senate hearings. So, we thought we'd offer a wrap-up post talking about it all.

It is official. We have crossed the finish line on the Bill C-18 senate hearings at the Transport and Communication (TRCM) committee. Despite it being about half as long, analyzing these

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-conclusions-and-links/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 10 (Segment 2)

This is it! The final segment of the Bill C-18 senate hearing special. This covers the second hearing of hearing 10.

(Note: This hearing took place before it passed the House of Commons and Meta's announcement that it will block news links. Comments and analysis

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-10-segment-2/

#Copyright #Analysis #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 10 (Segment 1)

Our special coverage of the Bill C-18 senate hearing continues. This one covers the first segment of hearing 10.

(Note: This hearing took place before it passed the House of Commons and Meta's announcement that it will block news links. Comments and analysis will rewind thi

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-10-segment-1/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 9 (Segment 2)

We are continuing our special coverage of the Bill C-18 senate hearings. This covers the second segment of hearing 9.

(Note: This hearing took place before it passed the House of Commons and Meta's announcement that it will block news links. Comments and analysis will rewind

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-9-segment-2/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 9 (Segment 1)

The Bill C-18 senate hearing special is continuing. This one covers the 1st segment of hearing 9.

(Note: This hearing took place before it passed the House of Commons and Meta's announcement that it will block news links. Comments and analysis will rewind things and pretend

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-9-segment-1/

#Copyright #BillC18 #hearing #LinkTax #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 8 (Segment 2)

We continue our special coverage of the Bill C-18 senate hearings. This is for the 2nd segment of hearing 8.

(Note: This hearing took place before it passed the House of Commons and Meta's announcement that it will block news links)

The special coverage of the Transport and

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-8-segment-2/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 8 (Segment 1)

Our special coverage of the Bill C-18 senate hearings is continuing. This covers the 1st segment of hearing 8.

Our special coverage of the Transportation and Communications (TRCM) Bill C-18 senate hearings is continuing. After quite the string of lobbyists, we are finally ge

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-8-segment-1/

#Copyright #BillC18 #hearing #LinkTax #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 7 (Segment 2)

The special coverage of the Bill C-18 senate hearing special is continuing. This covers the 2nd segment of hearing 7.

(Note: This hearing took place before Meta’s test of blocking news links and before it passed the senate)

Our special coverage of the Bill C-18 sen

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-7-segment-2/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #LinkTax #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 6 (Segment 2)

We continue our special coverage of the Bill C-18 senate hearings. This continues on to segment 2 of hearing 6.

(Note: This hearing took place before Meta's test of blocking news links)

Our marathon coverage of the Bill C-18 senate hearings at the TRCM (Transport and Commun

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-6-segment-2/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

Week 5: Inside the Senate Schedule on Bill C-18 Hearings (Final)

Week 5 of the Bill C-18 senate hearings are upon us. This time, it appears as though this may be the final week of hearings.

We are now seemingly on the home stretch for these hearings. This is certainly not the length we saw during the Bill C-11 hearings which lasted a ma

https://www.freezenet.ca/week-5-inside-the-senate-schedule-on-bill-c-18-hearings-final/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

@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

Week 4: An Overview of the Witnesses of the Bill C-18 Hearings

We take a look at the witness lists for the Bill C-18 senate hearings. This is for the 4th week of the hearings.

Week 4 of the Bill C-18 senate hearings is upon us. Already, we heard from some of these witnesses. Still, we thought we'd offer up the entire weeks sc

https://www.freezenet.ca/week-4-an-overview-of-the-witnesses-of-the-bill-c-18-hearings/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #schedule #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 6 (Segment 1)

The special coverage of the Bill C-18 senate hearings at the TRCM is continuing. This covers hearing 6, segment 1.

We are continuing out special coverage of the TRCM (Transport and Communications) hearings into Bill C-18.

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-6-segment-1/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

Getting close to finishing segment 1 of hearing 6 in the #BillC18 hearings at the #TRCM. Going to continue tomorrow and, hopefully, I can get it out and get started on the 2nd segment as well. These two segments are the last of the current batch before I catch up to where the Senate is technically today!

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 5 (Segment 2)

We are continuing our special coverage of the Senate TRCM Bill C-18 hearings. This hearing covers the second segment of hearing 5.

The TRCM (Transport and Communications) committee hearing on Bill C-18 is continuing. The hearings have already begun drifting to smal

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-5-segment-2/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #committee #hearing #senate #TRCM

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – A Look At Hearing 5 (Segment 1)

The special coverage of the TRCM Bill C-18 hearings continue. This summary covers the first segment of hearing 5 at the TRCM.

Our special coverage of the Bill C-18 hearings at the TRCM (Transport and Communications) committee is continuing. With government official

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-a-look-at-hearing-5-segment-1/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #committee #hearing #senate #TRCM

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

Senate Hearings on Bill C-18 – Hearing 2 Appears to Be Missing

We tried to continue with our analysis of the Bill C-18 Senate Hearings. However, it appears that hearing 2 no longer exists.

We are moving on to hearing 2 of the Bill C-18 Senate hearings. Well, we at least tried to move along to the 2nd hearing, but it appears that the he

https://www.freezenet.ca/senate-hearings-on-bill-c-18-hearing-2-appears-to-be-missing/

#Copyright #BillC18 #Canada #hearing #senate #TRCM

Since the chances I would actually appear as a witness before the #TRCM is probably extremely slim, I thought I'd publish an article discussing a way to improve #BillC18. If I actually did appear, this would be one way I would have suggested improving the bill. I think it would resonate with @Paulatics because it deals with ensuring that the funding actually goes to supporting journalism rather than padding executive bonuses.

https://www.freezenet.ca/why-bill-c-18-needs-protections-from-large-media-misusing-funding/

#SenCa