Well, Meta Went and Blocked The Tyee. That’s a Big Deal | The Tyee
We posted (as usual) on Instagram and Threads and got told to pound sand. What this means for journalism, democracy, and you.
Question: I'm guessing this blocking is all based off of IP address, can anyone confirm?
If so, does a VPN with (say) a US endpoint get around it?
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Canada needs a domestic social media service. That much is clear. The only question is how in the world it will compete.
I downloaded a Canadian news app after RIF went down, it has the most vile comment section I have ever seen.
Ask yourself who would comment on a news app instead of Reddit. The answers write themselves.
Care to elaborate? I feel like I'm missing something
They're typically less tech savvy, older, and trend Conservative. They're also the segment of that demographic that wants to write comments (i.e. they have stronger/more extreme beliefs)
It's likely to be the more extreme rural Conservatives.
Well, here we are!
lmao! Who do you propose to run it? The Liberals? LOL The Conservatives? Even bigger LOL
The only people we can trust less than industry to handle this is anybody we might elect to government.
I mean... the CBC is doing pretty alright for itself.
It wouldn't and if by some miracle it started to someone would purchase it.
government funding? Canada has a pretty good track record of separating journalism from the government
