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  • steltek@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t pay much attention when this was happening. Are there size requirements or something? How does lemmy.ca or sh.itjust.works avoid paying?

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      1 year ago

      There’s no set size but there needs to be an imbalance of power:

      https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-18/royal-assent

      Application 6 This Act applies in respect of a digital news intermediary if, having regard to the following factors, there is a significant bargaining power imbalance between its operator and news businesses:

      (a) the size of the intermediary or the operator;

      (b) whether the market for the intermediary gives the operator a strategic advantage over news businesses; and

      (c) whether the intermediary occupies a prominent market position.