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Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law (techxplore.com)

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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.

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good. Go to your favourite news sources directly, rather than have Google target you with analytic-based link targeting.

[–] sendingmath@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People should get back into RSS feed readers instead of rely on google news imo.

[–] NecoArcKbinAccount@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't live in Canada but that's what I started doing after I left Reddit. Only thing is that when it comes to gaming news there's no centralized place for it, and most "gaming news" outlets these days end up shoving blogspam everywhere instead of new game releases/updates/drama/anything else. Also what sucks is that some actual news sites don't offer RSS feeds anymore for some reason.

[–] LeftIt@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Don't live in Canada

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[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's exactly why I selfhost FreshRSS 😀

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] buffaloseven@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on the solution you want? Web-based? App-based? What platforms?

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Android app, preferably.

[–] buffaloseven@kbin.social 1 points 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.