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[spanky123]

Anyone is free to leave the oppressive West and move to China, where they can live their fullest and best self.

 

Should we say that if you don't like what Helps and her goonies have done you should go live somewhere else?!

[Mike K.]

We have the opportunity to right their wrongs here. Over there, it doesn’t work that way.

[Victoria Watcher]

Alphabet's Google broke the law with monopolistic behaviour over online search and related advertising, a federal judge ruled on Monday, the first victory for U.S. antitrust authorities who have filed numerous lawsuits challenging Big Tech's market dominance.

 

The decision is a significant win for the U.S. Justice Department, which had sued the search engine giant over its control of about 90 per cent of the online search market, and 95 per cent on smartphones.

 

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Google paid billions to be default browser

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...opoly-1.7285798

 

 

Mehta noted that Google had paid $26.3 billion US in 2021 alone to ensure that its search engine is the default on smartphones and browsers, and to keep its dominant market share.

 

"The default is extremely valuable real estate," Mehta wrote. "Even if a new entrant were positioned from a quality standpoint to bid for the default when an agreement expires, such a firm could compete only if it were prepared to pay partners upwards of billions of dollars in revenue share and make them whole for any revenue shortfalls resulting from the change."

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 August 2024 - 03:31 PM.

[Nparker]

Google is still better than any of our current default governments.

[Victoria Watcher]

A new fight is playing out at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission over the first $100-million annual payment Google agreed to pay Canadian news outlets.

 

The Canadian Journalism Collective, the group tasked by Google to distribute the money to news outlets, has submitted plans for its governance structure to the CRTC.

 

If the regulator is satisfied with those plans, it will grant Google an exemption from the Online News Act, which compels tech companies to enter into agreements with news publishers.

 

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News Media Canada, which represents hundreds of publishers, said there is a lack of “critical information” about the Canadian Journalism Collective, including its governance and how it will calculate payments and distribute funds.

 

Google said it’s willing to make an initial $250,000 payment to help set up the organization that will disburse the funds, but the tech giant maintains that it shouldn’t have to begin making payments to news outlets until it receives a full exemption from the Online News Act.

 

 

https://www.cheknews...google-1218131/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 08 August 2024 - 11:48 PM.

[Matt R.]

Only government can screw up selling drugs and collecting taxes. Amazing boondoggle.

Who was asking for this new rule anyways?

[dasmo]

This is why it’s a veiled attempt at censorship. Who but government funded media corps could afford to to enter into agreements with all these American social media giants?

[Matt R.]

And 25% overhead for the fund? Lol.

[lanforod]

I still don’t think this is censorship related. It’s a cash grab. One that failed spectacularly, and in fact, backfired.

[Nparker]

I still don’t think this is censorship related. It’s a cash grab. One that failed spectacularly, and in fact, backfired.

I think it's a bit of both, but absolutely a giant Liberal failure.

[Victoria Watcher]