- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
As many of us here migrated from Reddit during the blackout, I thought some here would be interested in the calls for Facebook and Instagram blackouts in Canada in response to Meta’s blocking of links.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/3673419
I boycott them every day.
Canada should set up it’s own official fediverse Instances
It may be that CBC is watching the outcome of the BBC pilot.
I meant like the Canadian government should have official public emergency accounts, but the CBC would be cool too!
I was surprised BBC’s instance is essentially just repackaged RSS feeds and not a place for their journalists to have official accounts.
I’m the same. Never had accounts, and very glad that I don’t need to delete data from them.
Just want to make sure you understand that Meta is acting preemptively to get the federal government to back down…
The legislation C-18 will not come into force until the end of the year.
While Meta’s platforms can reasonably expect to be listed due to their digital market power, they have not yet been listed. The regulations necessary to operationalize the law haven’t even been published for consultation.