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Do media aggregators have a duty to provide links to public news sources in emergencies? (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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The NWT government and city of Yellowknife are describing in tweets, Instagram messages etc. how to search key evacuation information on CPAC and CBC. The broadcast carriers have a duty to carry emergency information, but Meta and X are blocking links.

While internet access is reportedly limited in Yellowknife, residents are finding this a barrier to getting current and accurate information. Even links to CBC radio are blocked.

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[–] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is monetization required for a site to qualify as a digital news intermediary though? It seems like there just needs to be an imbalance:

https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-18/royal-assent

Application 6 This Act applies in respect of a digital news intermediary if, having regard to the following factors, there is a significant bargaining power imbalance between its operator and news businesses:

(a) the size of the intermediary or the operator;

(b) whether the market for the intermediary gives the operator a strategic advantage over news businesses; and

(c) whether the intermediary occupies a prominent market position.

What happens when a Lemmy instance gets too big?

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

The legislation talks in effect about market power and the benefit to the carrier itself. Without monetization, there wouldn’t be an issue.