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Do media aggregators have a duty to provide links to public news sources in emergencies? (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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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.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Honestly Canada should join the Fediverse en mass, depending on shitty proprietary and predatory social media is a weak point for our democracy.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Canada should join the Fediverse en mass

    We've had NNTP since the 1980s. What does the Fediverse offer Canadians that they didn't already have offered to them with NNTP? There is probably a good reason why they don't accept these distributed social networks en-mass.

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