Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada after a new law that forces digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose comes into force.

Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada after a new law that forces digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose comes into force.

Only Canadian news will be blocked, so Canadian users will still be able to see content from outlets like Fox News or BBC, for example.

Meta made a similar announcement last week, saying that it will remove news from its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram before the law comes into force.

    • sik0fewl@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Any suggestions for those that don’t want to self host? I haven’t used RSS since Google Reader shut down 😅.

      • Showroom7561
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        1 year ago

        I think there are quite a few apps that you can add RSS feeds to. I selfhost because it allows me to access the feeds in my browser, but it’s totally not necessary.

          • buffaloseven@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            Oof…I spent some time looking and it really seems like there aren’t any great options on Android. Going web-based might be your best bet there. Feedly is a good free option that has apps on pretty much every platform that you can at least try it out and it might work well enough for your needs.

            Other popular web-based options are Inoreader & Feedbin. I used Feedbin until I moved towards local syncing and self-hosting. Both of those are paid up front though, whereas Feedly has a free tier.