We can, I don't see what the problem is here either. I don't think it will lead to less fake news and less engagement though. People are addicted to this horrible cesspool, especially older folks, nothing you can do about that unfortunately. That ship has sailed.
I can do that and have no problem with it.
Now can you explain why a Canadian shouldn't be able to open their browser and type in www.facebook.com or www.differentnews.com if they want news?
Social media attracted the news traffic in the beginning.
Google news tried to get to know a visitors interests eagerly.
Facebook wanted to find what you liked and keep you digging into that at the expense of having a broader vision.
Maybe it's a good time for someone to roll out a media news aggregator that also presents it in the context of an interest like the media bias chart.
I'm being snarky and exaggerating, but it's not far off. Companies & contractors etcget squirrely & weird about e-mail, don't respond to it... but respond to Facebook Messenger in an instant, or have a Twitter feed. Schools & schoolboards don't update their own websites, but post updates on Twitter and Facebook. Want to find out about school snow day closure? You're going to hear about it on Twitter first, etc. Road closures from the city? Traffic incidents, fires, or crime notices from the police or fire department? Have fun finding it on anything other than social media.
It's a bleak, privatized, walled-off state of affairs, the opposite of what we were all pushing for in the 90s.
This reduces the reach of canadian news, increases the reach of US news, and reduces income to canadian news sources from social media traffic. There's no win here at all. The legislation does the opposite of what it claims it wants to do.
Well, it turns out news-site.com requires a paid subscription. The clickbait headlines and slugs on Facebook were free. No paid subscription required, just sign a contract for your soul in blood. Now Old Scratch is throwing a hissy fit and withholding the good intentions along his road.
Because they're really on instagram/TikTok and follow @mediaCorporation. They see their news between vacation pics and belly dances