Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada over a new law that will require digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose.

Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada after a new law that forces digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose comes into force.

Only Canadian news will be blocked, so Canadian users will still be able to see content from outlets like Fox News or BBC, for example.

Meta made a similar announcement last week, saying that it will remove news from its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram before the law comes into force.

  • sik0fewl@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for taking a look!

    I’ve since installed Plenary and it’s ok. There’s a few UX things I don’t like, but it’s a clean interface and not full of ads. I’ll have to try out Feedly.

  • gbhorwood@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    the company that’s upset at youtube ad blockers because “content isn’t free” is mad at the canadian government for saying “content isn’t free”.

    got it.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Good. Go to your favourite news sources directly, rather than have Google target you with analytic-based link targeting.

      • NecoArcKbinAccount@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Don’t live in Canada but that’s what I started doing after I left Reddit. Only thing is that when it comes to gaming news there’s no centralized place for it, and most “gaming news” outlets these days end up shoving blogspam everywhere instead of new game releases/updates/drama/anything else. Also what sucks is that some actual news sites don’t offer RSS feeds anymore for some reason.