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Does this have the potential to reach the point where Facebook is required to carry news content even if they don’t want to while being forced to pay for it? I
by ryanschaefer 3y ago
Does this have the potential to reach the point where Facebook is required to carry news content even if they don’t want to while being forced to pay for it?
It feels like it might be approaching that based on this other article:
> If companies do not meet a payments threshold through voluntary deals, they may have to go through mandatory bargaining overseen by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
> Government officials in a briefing side-stepped questions about what would happen if companies blocked news on their platforms and did not participate in negotiations at all.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-says-addressing-google-facebook-concerns-over-online-news-law-2023-09-01/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-says-addressin...
- psychphysic 3y agoI think it's too valuable to Meta and Alphabet to retain the option to exit a market than comply with these restrictions. Similar attitude to the UK Online Safety Bill. Giving in would just start a landslide of restrictions and demands for moneym
- gmerc 3y agoNot so different form Germanys GEMA regime, just for news.
- wmf 3y agoFacebook is required to carry news content even if they don’t want to while being forced to pay for it That's clearly the endgame. It's a bailout for publishers.
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoThe large publishers weren't even struggling for this to be a bailout. This is just plain corruption.