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.

  • Evan Leibovitch@mastodon.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    @ram @festus
    What is your evidence that Facebook is making money off of linking to news? They say it’s not earning them much money, which is why cutting Canadian media off is not losing them anything.

    • ram@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m not engaging with this. Obviously facebook is monetized. I’m not gonna sit here and explain how advertising and the sale of your data makes a company revenue.

      • Evan Leibovitch@mastodon.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        @ram
        They monetize everything; cat pix, political rants, food reviews etc. And they don’t pay for that either.
        FB is enduring zero loss for blocking Canadian news. Even the call for an ad boycott is a bust. The biggest losers are the very media sources that pushed for this crap law.