Do media aggregators have a duty to provide links to public news sources in emergencies? - eviltoast

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.

  • Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It is sad there are people like you who think everything is a transaction. Posting a link is a recommendation, it is no way stealing.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      It’s sadder that there’s people like you who don’t understand that there’s a difference between posting a link and copying the whole article or a bot generated shorter version of it.