On Friday, September 29, Canada’s federal broadcast regulatory agency (CRTC) announced a new mandate requiring online streaming services, including podcast platforms, to register with the government by November 28.
The order applies to streamers generating $10 million or more from their Canadian consumer base, which would presumably include Spotify, Rumble, X, and others.
Read in isolation, these new online regulations aren’t explicitly despotic or indicative of censorious overreach. The government is merely creating a “registry” for online streaming services—that’s all. What could possibly go wrong?
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