Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada

Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by 8note on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @08:25PM (#42072249)

From a Canadian perspective, the CBC should have a social media equivalent that is publicly run, and all social media companies should be regulated under the CRTC

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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by m00x on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:04PM (#42072926)

Social media is already regulated by the CRTC.

https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2024/2024-121.htm https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/industr/info.htm

If you're pro C-11, you really don't realize how bad this would be to give the government to determine what is "hate speech" and command companies to take it down.

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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by tonyarkles on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:46PM (#42072814)

My gut reaction, also as a Canadian, is quite negative to this idea. Are you interested in expanding on the idea? I'm always looking for new perspectives and to understand how my fellow Canadians are looking at issues like this.

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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by FpUser on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:15PM (#42072982)

One of your fellow Canadians really dislikes the idea of control. I also do dislike media being owned by few rich bastards.

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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by tonyarkles on Thursday November 07, 2024 @09:53AM (#42077132)

In a lot of ways I think the CRTC is fundamentally ensuring that the "media being owned by a few rich bastards" remains true?

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Re:Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada by ruthmarx on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @09:32PM (#42072711)

I don't think having a state run equivalent is much better from a users perspective. The ability to snoop without warrants would be too great.

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