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Originally Posted by Monahammer
It's not an invalid point, but I think it allows the counter point much more easily. With this in place, the government (and other canadians) can confidently claim that the actual news in Canada isn't found on facebook or instagram, so if that's where you're consuming "news" you need to change you method.
It's the beginning of a "how do we address rampant fake news?" strategy. First, you deplatform. Since they couldn't deplatform the fake stuff, instead they are removing the real stuff from those platforms. Then you can make firm assertions that the platforms are spreading only disinformation. Will this change minds? Probably not those already entrenched, but IMO it is likely to save the next wave of easy marks from being led astray.
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So I was actually curious how people would justify what I thought most would call stupid legislation, then I realized that as with most things the Liberals do these days, there is really not justification that makes sense, so the usual suspects are now just literally making up the dumbest excuses possible instead.
Is that what it is? Addressing fake news? We've now removed the fake news? We are deplatforming multi billion dollar companies? lol.