Post AXQZtNHcLs9Fnu02M4 by SirTapTap@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AX1aQeEXPIdfcqPfrE by joemcken@mastodon.social
2023-06-24T04:42:03Z
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Canada: We’re gonna tax Facebook for letting news outlets post links on itFacebook: Ok, but if you charge us for allowing news links in Canada, we’ll stop allowing news links in CanadaCanada: Nuh-uhFacebook: DoneCanada: Wait no how could youFrom @mmasnick @ Techdirt:https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/23/as-canada-passes-corrupt-link-tax-meta-says-no-more-news-links-in-canada/
(DIR) Post #AXQZtNHcLs9Fnu02M4 by SirTapTap@mastodon.social
2023-06-24T19:06:17Z
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@joemcken I saw lots of "yay no more misinformation on Facebook" posts... Like no dude, this means no LEGITIMATE news
(DIR) Post #AXQZwSbl0ikNBftJlQ by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-07-06T19:47:20.207955Z
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...as if *those* news sources were legitimate in the first place
(DIR) Post #AXQZxCcjvOrhu2hkgK by Kirino@nicecrew.digital
2023-06-24T19:24:51.282076Z
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Catatonic spack! You are utterly a cumslut.
(DIR) Post #AXQZxz6rehU0HNAUIi by twasink@aus.social
2023-06-24T20:11:05Z
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@joemcken @mmasnick @Popehat if FB caved in on this for Australia, they’ll cave in for Canada too.
(DIR) Post #AXQZxzwcYGsortNoyO by mmasnick@mastodon.social
2023-06-25T01:54:38Z
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@twasink @joemcken @Popehat fb did cave, but after getting concessions. It was dumb of them to cave, but we'll see what happens in Canada.
(DIR) Post #AXQa07qU9APJx5Wmjg by iuculano@masto.ai
2023-06-24T19:52:01Z
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@joemcken @mmasnick the real problem, IMO, is that only #Canada has the balls to do something like this. If every other country in the world, or a great majority of them, did what Canada did, #Meta would have no choice but to negotiate. Period. That's my position and I'm sticking to it. You're entitled to your view, just as I'm entitled to mine.
(DIR) Post #AXQa08mydhCAsUtUuG by mmasnick@mastodon.social
2023-06-25T01:55:47Z
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@iuculano @joemcken negotiate for *what*? The right to LINK without having to PAY? No one should ever support having to pay to link.
(DIR) Post #AXQa3G2w73deFsqT4q by jeffcliff@shitposter.club
2023-07-06T19:48:33.705418Z
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Are you also going to try to force fediverse instances to pay for hyperlinking to things? Or is that just something you'll do to shake down big companies like meta?
(DIR) Post #AXQa46l28LoFjhsQ1w by freezenet@noc.social
2023-06-26T07:27:30Z
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@joemcken @mmasnick The Canadian government, I think, has finally realized they f***ed up. They are currently in panicked emergency meetings to try and get the platforms to not block news links altogether. Apparently, Facebook was hours away from pulling the news block lever before the government finally communicated with them.https://www.freezenet.ca/canadian-government-hold-last-ditch-talks-with-meta-and-google-to-salvage-bill-c-18/
(DIR) Post #AXQa6ST0OG8he4Z5CS by TritTriton@shelter.moe
2023-06-27T16:58:41Z
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@joemcken @mmasnick They don’t want other countries to imitate EU? They tried to stop here, but they finally came to pay anyway. I guess it will be the same for Canada.
(DIR) Post #AXQa7pr2v8sKTFSyyO by lonelyranger@shitposter.club
2023-07-06T19:49:14.204951Z
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@mmasnick @iuculano @jeffcliff @joemcken I wonder if canada will do that soon
(DIR) Post #AXQaFTk11OtUChp3p2 by lonelyranger@shitposter.club
2023-07-06T19:48:47.526009Z
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@SirTapTap @joemcken @jeffcliff that part doesn’t matter the part that is stupid on Canada part is charging a company to do advertising for them for free.
(DIR) Post #AXQahM9ynmPUndGCCO by thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club
2023-07-06T19:55:48.191242Z
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@iuculano @joemcken @mmasnick "We've got the biggest, balls of them all" - Justine Trudeau probably
(DIR) Post #AXQb2JEUscrnnoMe5Q by lonelyranger@shitposter.club
2023-07-06T19:47:05.292458Z
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@mmasnick @joemcken serious why would you charge people to post links for you. Makes zero sense. Canada has no clue how the internet works