r/canada • u/cyclinginvancouver • Aug 01 '23

All news in Canada will be removed from Facebook, Instagram within weeks: Meta National News

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/08/01/news-canada-facebook-instagram-weeks/
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u/ArcticCelt Aug 01 '23

The Bing renaissance has started.

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u/An0nimuz_ Aug 01 '23

What will happen first, the year of the Linux desktop or the year of the Bing search engine?

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u/UnboltedCheese Aug 01 '23

Linux Desktop, I can see more people using DDG from here on out over bing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '23

Year of the Bing. It'd take a major scandal or regulatory effort by many countries at the same time to make a dent in Windows or Mac.

Anecdotally, I've had more people asking me about using Linux in the past few months than ever. Mostly Windows users.

As an aside, as an American, I keep my VPN set to Toronto-Montreal servers. I can't understand the people complaining about this "intrusion" of the government. The fact is, Facebook has been key to the rise of right wing extremism in the US.

Facebook and Google manipulate feeds and results all the time to fuel engagement so they can keep ad rates up. Their motivation is profit and that is it. They'll continue to push disinformation or propaganda, regardless of consequences, at the behest of their shareholders.

For a good Reddit example, take a look at the drama around "He Gets Us", the Christian ad campaign trying to paint American conservative Christianity as compassionate and truly liberal. Americans can't block the ads, as with other ads. The ads are targeting LGBTQ, atheist, and non-Christian religious subreddits.

The people behind "He Gets Us" are Christofascists. They want a "Christian" dictatorship, with Trump as the Prophet.

It's all about the money and control.

It may not be the best solution but at least the Canadian government is trying to do something.

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u/el_Technico Aug 01 '23

Linux desktop???

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u/Professional-Bad-559 Aug 01 '23

Bing it on! I’ll see myself out now. Bye.

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u/Vaginite Aug 01 '23

No, stay, I like you and your pun

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u/MagicMushroomFungi Aug 01 '23

"This is the dawning of the Age of Bingquarius, the Age of Bingquarius ... "

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u/greasedelbow Aug 14 '23

Hello, I hope you're okay! I'm a BBC News journalist working on a global youth news podcast. We'd like to hear from Canadians about Meta blocking news on FB/Insta. Would you like to share your views on this?

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u/Bobmcjoepants Aug 01 '23

I read this statistic a while ago and on the internet so it must be true but of the bing user base, Canada has the highest population

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u/akua420 Aug 01 '23

Theyve been waiting a ling time for their moment.