I don’t believe they are getting particularly much revenue from journalism. I think that’s why their reaction to this is just to block the links being posted: it won’t really affect their bottom line. A blip. Even if Cali does it, people will just post memes or screenshots of headlines or w/e.

They’re ad supported, which means they make more money the longer people spend on their site. If people have to leave their site to read the news, then that’s less time people are on their site which translates into less revenue.

This is a power play, plain and simple. They are doing this to put pressure on the Canadian government to back down.

This is transnational corporations trying to use their control over information to bully a democracy so they can avoid paying taxes.