Some reflections on the Australian experience and what they might mean for Canada.
After Google’s move on Thursday, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez sent a written statement calling the companies’ moves “deeply irresponsible and out of touch … especially when they make billions of dollars off of Canadian users” with advertising.
Australia’s regulatory experiment – the first of its kind in the world – also got off to a rocky start, but it has since seen tech companies, news publishers and the government reach a middle ground.
What a clusterfuck among organizations that I hate.
In the end I hope Google and Meta win this fight because government regulation of the internet has contributed to a lot more death and suffering than corporate regulation has.
You sure about that?
10,000 seems like small potatoes compared to what China and North Korea does, now add in a couple dozen other countries which include places like Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.