Trudeau Government moves to regulate podcasts
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I think a lot of it goes further than that. They're prepping for inevitable economic catastrophes, that they helped to set the foundation for (either through inept incompetence or deliberate malice).
And they've been moving all the pieces on the board quite plainly for a few years now, leading up to these next few even more blatant and predictable moves.
I agree, it is curious that they're deliberately naming podcasts. I don't know if they somehow think that sounds less threatening or if they're being accidentally transparent about who they intend to target.
I suppose one "advantage" in targeting Podcasts specifically is that it covers both uploaded media and streaming in one go, and content that typically focuses more on talking points than entertainment.
And it goes with Canada's active playbook of trying to close in on news media that doesn't completely cave into the government's agenda. And does so without explicitly stating that they're going after "unsanctioned" news outlets.
Does this mean we can finally stop hearing about Fox News and how all those right-wingers listening to Faux News are destroying America?