Cyrus Carter

Cdn 🇨🇦 educator from New Brunswick, now in Istanbul, lover of truth above all. Views expressed, tweeted or retweeted are my own. On Spoutible @Educarter

[Amber Mac @ambermac]

🇨🇦What Canadians Should Know About #Meta
#UnblockCanadianNews

2006: Facebook launches its News Feed, training Canadian users to get their news on Facebook
2012: Facebook allows advertisers to share Sponsored Stories in its News Feed

10 years later…Facebook is making billions in advertising revenue (2022: $116.B) mostly from content it does not create....

2022: 77% of Canadians use Facebook (Statista)
2022: Facebook renames News Feed to Feed
2023: (Summer) Approx 50% of Canadians get their news from social media (-The Conversation)
2023: (Summer) Canada has worst wildfire season on record
2023: (Summer) Meta (Facebook parent company) starts blocking news in response to the Online News Act (which is unlikely to take effect until 2024).
2023: (Summer) Google is also subject to the Online News Act (but Google is not yet blocking news)
August 2023: Meta should now unblock news so Canadians in #Yellowknife and #Kelowna, which are evacuating due to devastating #wildfires, have trusted access to local breaking and emergency news (again, there will be no government repercussions to this unblock, just the potential to save some lives and reduce some stress since it's hard to break a decade of Canadians' online news habits when they are facing fire on their doorsteps)

Now tell me this, is there any other business in the country that would ever consider keeping a lifesaving product or service AWAY from Canadians who are in need, based on a law that doesn't stop them from providing this product or service for months?

Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg has updated his Threads account SEVEN TIMES with details about his fist fight with Elon Musk.

So, when I say that we are lacking humane tech leaders, this is what I mean.

Today, Saturday, August 19, Mark Zuckerberg can #UnblockCanadianNews with no repercussions whatsoever (except maybe a bruised ego?), ultimately ensuring Canadian citizens have access to news that they’ve been trained for a decade to get on his platform (a platform that makes him one of the Top 10 richest men in the world).

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

“You cannot let bullies win, and eventually a bully will cross the line to the point that it becomes so egregious that other people come around and support you,” Mr. Meyer said. https://t.co/LiTkyb1DoB

[Michael de Adder @deAdder]

3in1 for The Washington Post.

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

Pretty straightforward info for the next election. Either intelligence or, may I say, cunning https://t.co/1uOPY3HnSP

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

I cannot understand why the #737max is back in the air. This is not a product the old #Boeing engineers would have approved. I now check which plane a company uses before booking. https://t.co/TCssMBqWit

[Pat Yale @patyale]

Ever wondered where the Hippodrome of old Constantinople (İstanbul) went? Interesting short thread tells all.

[Nick Chater @nick_chater]

The Band’s Classic Song, “The Weight,” Sung by Robbie Robertson (RIP) and Musicians Around the World https://t.co/WqklJxVIVw #EdChat

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

“Everything has changed. It will never be the same.” With Russia’s war in Ukraine in its 18th month, I chose a Moscow street and tried to speak to people about their mood, their outlook, their future. #TheStreetMoscow @BBCNews

[Canadianpoli 🇨🇦 #ViveLeCanada #TeamCanada @canadianpoli]

Tell me again that PM Trudeau is a dictator and how we have no freedom in Canada.

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

While I still use this platform, I feel like I am helping a tyrant. "Elon Musk's latest legal threat is straight out of the authoritarian playbook - he is now showing he will stop at nothing to silence anyone who criticises him." https://t.co/VPfyEuBkMx

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

@patyale Quite right. Sweden could well examine Canada's "hate" laws including "Section 319(1): Publicly inciting hatred—makes it an offence to communicate statements in a public place which incite hatred against an identifiable group, where it is likely to lead to a breach of the peace."

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

@ozanktarman Barbie vs. Oppenheimer viewership by state: a correlation with the 2020 presidential results, to a degree 🤔?

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

A 4-minute video on how easy it is to be scammed by believing a deep fake of a trusted personality. #meta didn't seem to have a quick fix for this, in spite of its high profile nature. Thank you @ianhanomansing for pointing this out. https://t.co/PqGHErfTBa

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

Democracy means electing public servants. Not everyone will agree with what they stand for, and some people will be vitriolic. Time and again, PM Trudeau shows the ability to wade into the morass - as a democratically-elected public servant. Kudos.

[Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna]

Brutal. Pierre Poilievre pretends to care about regular people but he's ready to humiliate them for a media hit and soundbite. The worst kind of politician.

[Cyrus Carter @TheEducarter]

@SonerCagaptay Soner Bey, it seems to be slightly more nuanced. This announcement (in Turkish) seeks to clarify the announcement that has unnecessarily alarmed many long-term residents. https://t.co/vfrfSTX41Q

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Happy birthday to Donald Sutherland, born in Saint John, NB today in 1935!
In his career, he has won two Golden Globes & an Emmy. He is cited as one of the best actors to never receive an Oscar nomination.
The father of Kiefer Sutherland, he has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame.