What's the big deal about the Facebook banning Canadian news?

[George Orwell 1984]

Daddy will decide which news sources are trusted . Daddy will decide what we can watch , say or speak up on. Daddy will decide if you have been bad and have spoken out of turn. Daddy will decide to seize your bank account and keep you locked up until you dare not speak again. SUNNY WAYS indeed ! justins Canada

[Steve Bob]

I'm looking forward to leadership that reverses the censorship Trudeau has foisted on Canadians. This was a huge miscalculation by the Liberals, thinking that their censorship would show them in a more favourable light. They grossly misjudged the intelligence of Canadians,

... and Facebook isn't censoring? Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your friend, even when they're politicians you agree on nothing else with.

[moarcowbell]

*removed*

[raft-cove]

Daddy will decide which news sources are trusted . Daddy will decide what we can watch , say or speak up on. Daddy will decide if you have been bad and have spoken out of turn. Daddy will decide to seize your bank account and keep you locked up until you dare not speak again. SUNNY WAYS indeed ! justins Canada

Nanny State.

Liberal voters seem to thrive under Economic Lockdowns and Restrictions.

Stay at home, eat noodles and watch the death tolls on CTV CBC and other pre-approved Govt outlets.

That's $cience

[Steve Bob]

“Let ignorance reproduce itself until it is weary of its own offspring.”
— Khalil Gibran

The irony in this signature is priceless.

The only irony is that the people my signature applies to will be the last ones to know given the bubble they've been trained to stay inside. Gibran's only hope is that you'll soon be getting weary of your children, and perhaps just as effective, your children will be getting weary of you.

[Gone_Fishin]

Time for Common Sense in Canada, and an end to the Trudeau Stupidity Plan.

Reality check: Meta IS NOT coming back to news in Canada due to Bill C-18. Government didn’t take risk seriously and others now pay price.(see independent media) No other country has proposed a 4% tax on revenues in this way and no one else will. CANADA IS THE MODEL FOR WHAT NOT TO DO.
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in internet and ecommerce. Law professor, U of Ottawa

[JLives]

Time for Common Sense in Canada, and an end to the Trudeau Stupidity Plan.

Reality check: Meta IS NOT coming back to news in Canada due to Bill C-18. Government didn’t take risk seriously and others now pay price.(see independent media) No other country has proposed a 4% tax on revenues in this way and no one else will. CANADA IS THE MODEL FOR WHAT NOT TO DO.
Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in internet and ecommerce. Law professor, U of Ottawa

Good. Social media and news should be separate. The algorithms show you what they see a pattern of, that you want to see. For many who use social media as their news source that's not a good thing. No caveats on views in that statement, I mean everyone. And it undermines journalists who are trying to do their jobs. Not reporters who just read the news, journalists who seek it out. We should be going to the source.

[Gone_Fishin]

Time for Common Sense in Canada, and an end to the Trudeau Stupidity Plan.

Good. Social media and news should be separate. The algorithms show you what they see a pattern of, that you want to see. For many who use social media as their news source that's not a good thing. No caveats on views in that statement, I mean everyone. And it undermines journalists who are trying to do their jobs. Not reporters who just read the news, journalists who seek it out. We should be going to the source.

Not sure why leftists want the news censored for Canadians.

Oh wait, yes, it's because they don't want regular Joes to know how badly Trudeau and Singh are effing up the country. But hey, pot is legal, so who cares?

[JLives]

Good. Social media and news should be separate. The algorithms show you what they see a pattern of, that you want to see. For many who use social media as their news source that's not a good thing. No caveats on views in that statement, I mean everyone. And it undermines journalists who are trying to do their jobs. Not reporters who just read the news, journalists who seek it out. We should be going to the source.

Not sure why leftists want the news censored for Canadians.

Oh wait, yes, it's because they don't want regular Joes to know how badly Trudeau and Singh are effing up the country. But hey, pot is legal, so who cares?

The news isn't censored. Good lord. It's a click away. The news has never been more available ever.

[Ken7]

Castanet forum has 515,916 members.
I'm sure none are duplicates.

lol - of course there isn't.

There are a number of duplicates who argue with themselves when no-one else will do it!

[Bsuds]

There are a number of duplicates who argue with themselves when no-one else will do it!

Isn't that the truth!

I don't mean the poster but could be mistaken.

[ferri]

[CountryAtHeart]

Time for Common Sense in Canada, and an end to the Trudeau Stupidity Plan.

Good. Social media and news should be separate. The algorithms show you what they see a pattern of, that you want to see. For many who use social media as their news source that's not a good thing. No caveats on views in that statement, I mean everyone. And it undermines journalists who are trying to do their jobs. Not reporters who just read the news, journalists who seek it out. We should be going to the source.

And you don’t think people go to the sites that they agree with? Liberal leaning people will go to liberal leaning news sites, conservatives will go to conservative sites.
I got a lot more variety of news when I was seeing it on Facebook because I was seeing what others were posting. Liberal, conservative and everything in between. Now I only see what I actually seek out. I don’t sit on my search engine all day and search out all the different viewpoints on a topic.
What do you mean go to the source? What is the difference if someone posts a eg. castanet story on facebook or if I go to the castanet app and look at it there. It’s exactly the same. How does it undermine journalists trying to do their jobs when their stories are posted? Especially if they post it?

[Babba_not_Gump]

Facebook. Liberal Party of Canada. Forever connected. Still.

[Catsumi]

Facebook. Liberal Party of Canada. Forever connected. Still.

Hypocrisy.

Still.