Sorry, Sadie…we also have totally useless, politically-funded pablum media here in the form of the CBC, and the paid-off commercial giants, CTV and Global (Well, Global does get it right a little more often…)
The CRTC (Canadian Radio and Television Commission) has been empowered by the Liberal government’s Bill C-11 to create regulations to control what on-line content Canadians are allowed to see. Basically, as a bureaucracy, they have virtually unrestrained power to create regulations without the public’s vote. First step, just announced, is that all service providers (operators) that generate more than $10M in Canadian revenue must register in November, providing information about their business and their subscriber base. But there is nothing to stop the CRTC from expanding the rules in the future. It is a major attack on freedom to be informed.
Russian backed disinformation campaigns are designed to alienate and attack the concept of truth, and represent an existential threat to democracies worldwide. The MAGA movement is exhibit A. The more social cohesion a nation has, the greater their immunity, but the risk is universal.
BE THIS GUY about 1 year ago
You can get US stations there.
blunebottle about 1 year ago
Sorry, Sadie…we also have totally useless, politically-funded pablum media here in the form of the CBC, and the paid-off commercial giants, CTV and Global (Well, Global does get it right a little more often…)
blunebottle about 1 year ago
The CRTC (Canadian Radio and Television Commission) has been empowered by the Liberal government’s Bill C-11 to create regulations to control what on-line content Canadians are allowed to see. Basically, as a bureaucracy, they have virtually unrestrained power to create regulations without the public’s vote. First step, just announced, is that all service providers (operators) that generate more than $10M in Canadian revenue must register in November, providing information about their business and their subscriber base. But there is nothing to stop the CRTC from expanding the rules in the future. It is a major attack on freedom to be informed.
Quixotic1 about 1 year ago
Russian backed disinformation campaigns are designed to alienate and attack the concept of truth, and represent an existential threat to democracies worldwide. The MAGA movement is exhibit A. The more social cohesion a nation has, the greater their immunity, but the risk is universal.
erin.adamic Premium Member about 1 year ago
Don’t make me laugh.