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Originally Posted by PostandIn
When I logged into YouTube today, there was a pop-up message from the Chief Product Officer of YouTube. It's about his/their concern about C-11 and its potential misuse by the federal government to control content delivery. An American YouTube executive directly messaging Canadian users seems like a big deal and an escalation of concern about the law.
https://blog.google/intl/en-ca/compa...youtube-yours/
"In its current form, Bill C-11 would require YouTube to manipulate these systems, and surface content according to the CRTC’s priorities, rather than the interests of Canadian users. Put into practice, this means that when viewers come to the YouTube homepage, they’re served content that a Canadian Government regulator has prioritized, rather than content they are interested in."
There's a petition from OpenMedia.org that's got about 80K signatures so far.
https://action.openmedia.org/page/11...tracking.id=tw |
That makes it sound more ominous than it is. I assume the prioritization would be for Canadian content in general, not specific content that the government picked.