I think the law here is trying to get the same result. However I agree with you OP, Im not sure how successful it will be, especially if the result is more vulnerable canadians being directed toward unreliable and dangerous stuff…
I think there might have been better ways to boost trustworthy Canadian news
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What ethical search engine would you recommend instead? Is DuckDuckGo still the way to go?
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More proof Google and META are anti-democratic
It’s going to be pretty significant. I’m sure the vacuum will be filled by American and international news, but that’s terrible for democracy.
Its very similar to the law passed in australia, and facebook and google ended up caving. So it ended up working, mostly
https://www.wired.com/story/australia-media-code-facebook-google/#:~:text=In January 2021%2C the tech,news makes up less than
I think the law here is trying to get the same result. However I agree with you OP, Im not sure how successful it will be, especially if the result is more vulnerable canadians being directed toward unreliable and dangerous stuff…
I think there might have been better ways to boost trustworthy Canadian news