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Well, Meta Went and Blocked The Tyee. That’s a Big Deal | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by cxtinac to c/[email protected]

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Question: I'm guessing this blocking is all based off of IP address, can anyone confirm?

If so, does a VPN with (say) a US endpoint get around it?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Canada needs a domestic social media service. That much is clear. The only question is how in the world it will compete.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I downloaded a Canadian news app after RIF went down, it has the most vile comment section I have ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ask yourself who would comment on a news app instead of Reddit. The answers write themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Care to elaborate? I feel like I'm missing something

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

They're typically less tech savvy, older, and trend Conservative. They're also the segment of that demographic that wants to write comments (i.e. they have stronger/more extreme beliefs)

It's likely to be the more extreme rural Conservatives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Well, here we are!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lmao! Who do you propose to run it? The Liberals? LOL The Conservatives? Even bigger LOL

The only people we can trust less than industry to handle this is anybody we might elect to government.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I mean... the CBC is doing pretty alright for itself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It wouldn't and if by some miracle it started to someone would purchase it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

government funding? Canada has a pretty good track record of separating journalism from the government