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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Not defending the law here but in theory wouldn’t not having verified reputable news sources on social media platforms that allow misinformation to be posted help some of the people who are more susceptible to falling for misinformation to more easily make the distinction between the two?
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Originally Posted by Monahammer
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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I understand the natural partisan push can be difficult to fight for some, but the arguments attempted for this law are mind bogglingly Bizzarro Jerry like and make absolutely no sense.
Step back a sec to understand what you are trying to say, what you actually want, understand what is being discussed and try to look at it without the perspective of "how do I defend this at all cost"
Right now you are both trying to argue in a twisted way that
less access to legitimate news via social media is good. Think about it for a second.
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This enactment regulates digital news intermediaries to enhance fairness in the Canadian digital news marketplace and contribute to its sustainability. It establishes a framework through which digital news intermediary operators and news businesses may enter into agreements respecting news content that is made available by digital news intermediaries. The framework takes into account principles of freedom of expression and journalistic independence.
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This is the bill's goal and it had obvious side effects. Talking of abstracts of fake news and misinformation to create a narrative to grandstand on has no bearing on the details of the bill and Meta / Google's response.
I take it with these quoted responses, you are siding with what Meta / Google are doing?