the tech giant Goal received a wave of critics in Canada by block on your social network Facebook the links of fire news in that country when thousands of people were affected by fire that forced them to leave their homesand they did not have available updates on the advance of the igneous foci.
On August 1st, Goal It started to block the distribution of links to news on their platforms Facebook and instagram in response to a recent Canadian law that demands the technological giants pay media for news content.
Based on similar legislation from Australiathe Law approved in June, but which will enter into force next year, seeks support a journalistic sector in trouble for the publicity leak and the closing hundreds of posts in the last decade.
Goalwho rejects the regulations, argues that the media share content on their platforms to attract readerswhich benefits them.
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeauattacked this week against Goaltelling reporters that it was “inconceivable that a company like Facebook opt for put corporate profits” before security.
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almost the 80% of all the internet advertising revenue in Canada they will stop at meta and googlewho expressed their own reservations about the Lawaccording to the AFP news agency.
Ollie Williamsdirector of Cabin Radio, a station in the north of the country, described as “stupid and dangerous” the measure of Goal of block news sharing. “Goal could temporarily lift the ban for the sake of preservation of life and not suffer any economic sanction because the legislation has not yet entered into force,” he told AFP.
While, Nicolas Servellfrom Radio Taiga, a French-speaking station in Yellowknife, noted that some media found the way to bypass meta lockwith screenshots of the articles for dissemination from personal accounts.
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Some of the major Canadian newspaperslike the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, launched bells to drive readers directly to their sites, an option that is less accessible for small media.
“I urge you to consider taking the much-needed humanitarian action and immediately lift your ban on vital Canadian news and information for communities facing this wildfire emergency“, wrote in a letter this week the president of the public network CBC, Catherine Tait.
“The need for reliable, trustworthy and up-to-date information can literally be the difference between life and death“he added Tait when more than 1,000 sources of fire burn in everything Canada.
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Goalwho did not respond to AFP’s requests for comment, rejection the CBC’s suggestion, and encouraged Canadians to use the feature Facebook “Safety Check” to let your contacts know if they are safe or not.
Source: Ambito
