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Unfortunately, with dear leader actively moving to regulate the internet as a broadcast medium., Canadian fediverse operators such as myself are facing a reality that we may have to shut down our websites because they aren't crtc mandated.

So we'll get the best of both worlds: state-sponsored propaganda crammed down our throats, and the one free communications medium being slammed into the dirt, ironically probably protecting all the American megacorps as long as they play ball.

This is what happens when you have leadership that doesn't really care about the country that they live in. Our glorious leader is more interested in impressing people from Southern California than northern Manitoba.

The way I interpret it, they're going to put anything that's social media under the jurisdiction of the CRTC. This will give them the power to dictate stuff like CanCon requirements, but it'll also give them the power to deem content offensive and issue fines. The crtc recently admitted they don't give any consideration to charter concerns when they issue broadcasting fines. Moreover, the government has explicitly refused to limit rules to non user-generated content so potentially a provider could be fined based on a comment.

Michael Geist is a Canadian legal scholar who has been following the journey of bills c-11 and c-18. https://www.michaelgeist.ca/

Basically, we're on the verge of the end of the internet as we know it in Canada. What remains will need to be like cable TV -- measured, censor approved, likely incredibly corporate.

I'm hoping my little instance is small enough that I can keep doing my thing, but I have to admit the threat is scary as hell, and it'll hang there.

Thanks.