Crosspost: EU, UN-WEF, And Trudeau Simultaneously Demand Crackdown On Independent News And Podcasting
Canada creates a media registry :: EU targets X :: UN-WEF “Internet Governance Forum” plot global censorship with Big Tech
But, notes Canadian legal analyst Michael Geist, “The takeaway from the decision is obvious: registration is the first step toward regulation…In fact, the rationale for the CRTC to include many of the services is that without such information, it is not well positioned to regulate.”
EU, UN-WEF, And Trudeau Simultaneously Demand Crackdown On Independent News And Podcasting
Canada creates a media registry :: EU targets X :: UN-WEF “Internet Governance Forum” plot global censorship with Big Tech
Stephen Moore and Michael Shellenberger, Oct 2, 2023
For months, representatives of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government insisted that their plans to regulate Big Tech social media platforms wouldn’t impact independent news outlets or podcasters.
“I think we brought the necessary changes to the bill to reassure them and to make sure that platforms are in and users are out,” Minister Pablo Rodriguez told the media, echoing what he had been telling members of parliament. As a result of government reassurances, their legislation passed.
But it turns out that the government is, in fact, going to regulate content providers, not just Big Tech social media platforms.