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.

  • Spotlight7573@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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.websiteOP
      2·
      11 months ago

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