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screenshot of text: Digital platforms Platforms that make available news content and have a significant bargaining power imbalance with news businesses may be subject to the Act. A platform has a significant bargaining power imbalance if it is large (e.g., in terms of revenue) and occupies a prominent position in Canadian markets that are strategic or essential for the provision of news (e.g., the search engine market and the social media market).

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screenshot of text: Digital platforms Platforms that make available news content and have a significant bargaining power imbalance with news businesses may be subject to the Act. A platform has a significant bargaining power imbalance if it is large (e.g., in terms of revenue) and occupies a prominent position in Canadian markets that are strategic or essential for the provision of news (e.g., the search engine market and the social media market).
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Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 04:57:55 JST Fediverse Report
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@mike @atomicpoet @mmasnick Now this got me curious too, so I looked up the definition of Digital Platform that the Online News Act uses.
It focuses on power inbalance and bargaining power. By a common definition reading it feels like fediverse servers would not fall under that, but I´m extremely not an expert on canadian law.
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/corporate/transparency/open-government/standing-committee/pablo-rodriguez-bill-c18/questions-answers.html

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