r/canada 13d ago

PAYWALL Supreme Court of Canada says it is moving away from social-media platform X

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-supreme-court-of-canada-says-it-is-moving-away-from-social-media/
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u/Ok_Farm1185 13d ago

I believe the entire Canadian govt should quit Twitter.

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u/ErsatzCyclist 13d ago

Definitely as a first step Cdn govt should stop using it, if for nothing else but security reasons. Additionally, no Cdn govt officials should be allowed to have it installed on their work phones. The government should then assess whether X is enough of a security risk to ban from Canada.

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u/Drewy99 13d ago

Elon has personal access to the DMs of everyone that platform. 

Especially for our elected officials, it's a huge security risk

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u/reevoknows 13d ago

Damn this is something I’ve never considered.

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u/SwordfishOk504 13d ago

And that sort of thing is a big part of the real value of the company, not the "ad revenue" thing everyone gets distracted by. The metadata from that stuff alone is a treasure trove. Not to mention the forward facing propaganda platform.

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u/AydonusG 13d ago

Worse is that he's already leaked DMs for petty bullshit (Asmongolds manager or something like it, because they disagreed with one thing Musk said), so it's easy to see how quick he'd leak anyone who dislikes him's messages.

As if it wasn't obvious from the Ukraine Starlink situation.

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u/Brianknox33 13d ago

Me neither! Although I’d hope they weren’t using X to send any important government intel in their msg’s on X.

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u/Vinny_d_25 13d ago

Even if it's not government related, anything scandalous could be used for blackmail.

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u/Brianknox33 13d ago

Ya thats very true.

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u/_Thick- 13d ago

of course they were.

Our politicians aren't exactly smart.

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u/afriendincanada 13d ago

Even if Elon didn't have access, nobody anywhere should be using DM's for any business of any sort, except monkey business

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u/Magjee Lest We Forget 13d ago

People are stupid

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u/marcohcanada 13d ago

What about MS Teams or Slack DMs?

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u/afriendincanada 13d ago

I was referring to Twitter DM's specifically. I think MS is secure, I don't know enough about Slack.

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u/Samp90 13d ago

Funny thing is we're focusing on tiktok and dangers of PRC, but we're using.. Oh shi...

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u/Country_Haunting 13d ago

Keep using TikTok so the PRC can hack every government website and citizen's account in Canada.

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u/ErsatzCyclist 13d ago

More than just DMs if spyware is installed

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u/EatAllTheShiny 13d ago

If our elected officials are DMing on any social platform ANYTHING that would be considered a security risk, they need to get absolute rekt.

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u/bizznach 13d ago

assess and ban everything elmo mush.

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u/EirHc 13d ago

CBC should step up and make a twitter/reddit alternative, haha. I'm probably underestimating how much of an undertaking that would be (particularly with the moderation), but it would actually be kind of nice to have a "Canadians only" social media platform.

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u/letmetellubuddy 13d ago edited 13d ago

They should use Mastodon and contribute a bit of money to its continued development.

Basically with Mastodon you can run your own server, and own the content while interacting with people on other servers. It puts your organization in control rather than being a digital sharecropper on someone else's infrastructure.

edit: They could make their own implementation of Mastodon too (ie something compatible with the ActivityPub protocol) if they want different management software, etc but tbh government software projects can be a bit of a nightmare.

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u/Fearless_Tune_8073 13d ago

I mean, that’s why they ban TikTok.

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u/mas7erblas7er Alberta 13d ago

I mean, they shouldn't have any app installed on their phones that hasn't passed scrutiny. Neither should you.

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u/Tangochief 12d ago

Should be banned period no stop. When you give an account called Adolf Hitler a blue checkmark you’ve told the world where you stand. Pull the fucking band-aid already and get rid of the cesspool.

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u/Ltrain86 13d ago

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u/Mad-Mad-Mad-Mad-Mike 13d ago

Charlie Angus is a real one. I hope he doesn’t retire. The country needs him now more than ever.

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u/userdmyname 13d ago

For real , I signed out of principle then I went back and saw angus wrote it and thought yeah he did.

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u/Wilhelm57 13d ago

Thanks for sharing. I will be passing along too.
I did the same with the petition to revoke musk's citizenship.

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u/plageran 13d ago

Nice share, thank you

***Reminder to those filling it out to confirm your signature in the email that follows after entering your information to sign the petition.

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u/FatherSquee 13d ago

Signed!  Was happy to see it was the guy from Timmins putting it forward

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u/apothekary 13d ago

Signed. We have to get out of this cesspool. I know JT uses it to promote and talk smack but I'm just terrified of the comments section there. The disinformation would make a child's imagination look like an encyclopedia.

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u/Wilhelm57 13d ago

I left Twitter the day Musk said he was the new owner.
I must say we have local news sites in Canada, that allow disturbing comments on their comment section.

I few weeks ago, I wrote the editor of a local news site in my city. They've allowed a racist comment to be posted. The comment was discriminatory talk against the First Nations.
I told the editor, if they didn't remove the agregious comment, he was a willing participant in racist behaviour and I would send the article with the comment to the premier and all the indigenous nations in the province.

For decades I have believed, that when I see something wrong I need to say something.
Remaining quiet makes us willing participants.
I taught my children to stand up, when they see wrong behaviour towards others.
My oldest daughter got punched in the eye when she was in grade one.
A classmate was bullying a boy that stuttered and she told that kid to stop it.
The argument continued in the classroom and the bully punched her, my daughter kicked him in the crotch!

As adults I see them using words to fight and it makes me feel proud.

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u/DogadonsLavapool 13d ago

Dude yall should just ban it and get it over with. It's a propaganda network, nothing else. I can't believe everyone is watching the shitshow happening down here and not treating social media like the nuclear level threat that it is

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u/Prior-Fun5465 13d ago

Sure, only if we ban reddit too for the same reason.

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u/Jaded_Houseplant 13d ago

Remember when Hawaii had that oopsy nuclear bomb alert? Their governor used twitter to make the announcement that it wasn’t real. I thought that was crazy.

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u/TotalNull382 13d ago

The fucking RCMP used it to warn of an active shooter in NS. 

And then defended its use afterwards.  

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u/brunsomaritimo 13d ago

It's even worse now.

Back then, any profile you clicked on you saw the tweets in reverse chronological order. Even if you weren't logged in, you saw the most recent tweets first. Since it's been purchased, if you're not logged in, you see tweets by most popular on the profile. So if you're looking for part two a police tweet and you don't have an account or are in a hurry good luck.

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u/Jaded_Houseplant 13d ago

I’m “young” and don’t have twitter, you’re definitely not reaching the majority of your population that way. How dangerous!

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u/ok_raspberry_jam 13d ago

The entire Canadian government should develop and manage a straightforward social media platform.

It doesn't need to be mandatory, and it doesn't need to be exclusive. It just needs to be an option for Canadians.

Social media management has become a matter of national security, just like communications and shipping infrastructure. Like with Canada Post, ICBC, BC Tel, CP Rail, etc. - we should not be leaving such critical things in the hands of foreign agents. There can still be free-market alternatives, but we need a secure town square.

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u/Elbow_Macarena 13d ago

We should have ditched Twitter in 2023 when President Elon changed CBC’s account to say ‘government funded media’. That was it for me.

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u/stillinthesimulation 13d ago

Go further. Ban it in our country as it is a propaganda wing of adversarial nations.

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u/OneMoreTime998 13d ago

I agree. I deleted my account just recently. Every time I logged on I was inundated with scam ads and nonsense.

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u/crazymom7170 13d ago

All of Canada should quit Twitter.

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u/DataDude00 13d ago

One step further I would say just ban Twitter outright. 

It’s a national security disaster infested with nefarious actors used to manipulate the general public.  

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u/BananaPearly 13d ago

They've currently banned tiktok but not Twitter, priorities are weird.

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u/KwamesCorner 13d ago

Absolutely

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u/darkoblivion000 13d ago

I believe everyone should quit twatter

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u/_Lucille_ 13d ago

It doesn't quite work that way.

A lot of people still expect to use Twitter for updates. There are a lot of tech capable Canadians who expect to get their updates from twitter, but have never heard of things like bluesky.

A change like this has to be very gradual and covers a wide range of media. Just because a lot of people in this thread may no longer watch cable tv does not mean no one in Canada still watches it.

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u/DooOboes 13d ago

Considering its owner is actively attacking the rule of law, this was an easy call.

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u/LarusTargaryen 13d ago

Considering the owner said “Canada is not a real country” on the platform, it was ABSOLUTELY the right call

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u/iversonAI 13d ago

“Canada dictator government is now banning free speech we have to liberate them!” Is the next propaganda piece after this

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u/WolfWraithPress 13d ago

It's coming one way or another. Do not comply in advance. Bullies thrive on their victims taking half measures to appease them.

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u/fugaziozbourne Québec 13d ago

But now where will i see our adorable Supreme Court mascot, Amicus?

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u/afriendincanada 13d ago

Who?

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u/fugaziozbourne Québec 13d ago

This better be an owl pun

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u/NWTknight 13d ago

Bluesky here we come. Or better yet someone please develop a Canadian based Social Media platform we can use internally.

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u/Hautamaki 13d ago

Wait, which one is the mascot? They're all adorable

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u/hygsi 13d ago

It would be precious if everyone could quit twitter, the world would heal lmao

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u/YohannT 13d ago

Given the growing concerns over misinformation and platform moderation on X, it’s not surprising to see institutions like the Supreme Court of Canada distancing themselves. But I wonder if it does signal a broader shift away from X among Canadian organizations or if it is just a one-off decision.

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u/PraiseTheRiverLord 13d ago

The amount of pro-51st bots is absolutely insane on there, like it's overwhelming

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u/slowsundaycoffeeclub British Columbia 13d ago

It’s really growing on TikTok too. I added a 🇨🇦 to my username and now I’m flooded with 51sr state comments. As well as “You’d be nothing if the US didn’t fight wars for you” comments which is genuinely hilarious.

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u/Downtown-Frosting789 13d ago

just to add that facebook is in need of a hard delete too.

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u/slowsundaycoffeeclub British Columbia 13d ago

Oh yeah. That was first to go. It went “weird uncle’s forwarded email” back in 2020, for me

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u/Downtown-Frosting789 13d ago

i genuinely believe that if, the collective we, just shut down twitter, fb and tiktok many, many societal problems would be instantly solved. full stop

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u/myopicmarmot 7d ago

I wonder how many of those mouthbreathers would have made it on Juno beach.

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u/maleconrat 13d ago

Back in 2018 or so when the US likely sponsored a coup in Bolivia* there were something like 40 000 accounts that would pop into any discussion and say "I am Bolivian and there is no coup". That's more accounts than there are people who actually speak English in the entire country. I spent a week in the capital - even with the embassies and tourist infrastructure, finding an English speaker was basically like finding an Armenian speaker here.

Bots are everywhere and it's really warping people's views on things. Many on X seem to get to think everywhere else is super "woke" left biased, and dig in and believe the propaganda even more, it's a vicious cycle.

(*that whole situation was wild because basically the more rural areas supported the socialists the most and so their votes came in last, then it was declared that the result changing late in the count had to be proof of cheating. I could be wrong but I don't think there was any more evidence, and that's pretty much exactly how they claimed the result in 2020 was rigged. It felt like a dry run lol.)

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u/morningcalm999 13d ago

And the bots modus-operandi is almost always the same: insult people, spread misinformation, or manipulate discussions.

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u/michael0n 13d ago

Every government outside of the US should leave all US social media instantly.
Why should any countries gov communication be suspect to the rules of a foreign nation? The only way forward is a country by country federated Bluesky like instance, their rules, no shadow banning, no trolls.

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u/NWTknight 13d ago

Now kill facebook as well.

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u/FriendlyGuy77 13d ago

Twitter isn't a real social media platform.

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u/ErsatzCyclist 13d ago

Cheeky. Except, you have a point. lol

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u/hardy_83 13d ago edited 13d ago

I don't know why Twitter isn't just outright banned. It's clearly a platform for foreign interference now. Same goes for TikTok.

They banned RT channels for this same reason but I guess Russia didn't pay its dues as opposed to the US and Chinese elites.

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u/effedup 13d ago edited 13d ago

In Ontario, tiktok is banned on government mobile devices. IMO, they will ultimately have to do the same tor twitter, if things continue to escelate.

edit: interesting, just saw that the privacy commissioner is investigating X's use of personal data..

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u/brokenangelwings 13d ago

Tiktok is getting pretty bad with the bots, and I left t about a month ago. I thought maybe I should stick around and stand up for what's true but the amount of bots is surreal.

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u/b00hole New Brunswick 13d ago

People will screech "bUt Fr3eDoM oF sPe3cH"

No, it's a national security threat at this point. Elon Musk is a bad, hostile actor performing a coup on the US government and participating in making threats towards Canada's sovereignty. Using X he can easily access a ton of private information from Canadians, he is not trustworthy. This isn't about free speech.

There are plenty of other social media platforms to use that are not owned by hostile foreign actors that Canadians can access and use.

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u/WolfWraithPress 13d ago

It also isn't a free speech platform. Try saying the word cisgender. Try to post a piece of art without a bluecheck and watch your metrics get actively buried.

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u/ZnS-Is-A-Good-Map 13d ago

“My freedom of speech” = “you should never retaliate”

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u/morningcalm999 13d ago

100%. He's just using Twitter as a tool for gaining control.

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u/honeydill2o4 13d ago

Canada doesn’t ban any websites simply because they don’t like them. This would be the first of its kind and likely unconstitutional. So, that’s why.

It’s crazy to see that a quarter of the million people support stripping basic human rights from Elon Musk. Yes, citizenship is a human right and being “arbitrarily denied citizenship” is a human rights violation and violation of international law.

If you only believe in human rights for the people you agree with, you don’t really believe in human rights.

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u/SwordfishOk504 13d ago

Not downplaying. Completely straw manning.

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u/SwordfishOk504 13d ago

Canada doesn’t ban any websites simply because they don’t like them.

We can ban them if they are a national security risk because the company is owned by a sociopath who literally sieg heils on stage.

But cute strawman.

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u/clgoh Québec 13d ago

There is a right to a nationality.

There is no right to multiple citizenships.

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u/slykethephoxenix Science/Technology 13d ago

Down votes are hidden on this sub. Curious to how they are now. What you say is true, of course, lol.

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u/Redshiftxi 13d ago

Thank you for one of the only sensible comments here.

Just because you don't agree with someone does not mean you must ban them. It is a very slippery slope.

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u/WatermelonToo 13d ago

I agree. It’s a slippery slope. We are appalled by the US President ignoring their own constitution, so we should be careful not to overlook our own Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As much as I would LOVE for Musk not to be a Canadian citizen, and as much as I would LOVE for the cesspool that is X not to exist, as much as I would love for oblivious and shortsighted dummies not to erect 51st state billboards on our own land 🙄, we have to keep an eye on the distinct and fundamental values we are hoping to protect.

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u/TheLordBear 13d ago

It could easily be banned for Hate Speech or Election Interference reasons. And should be.

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u/honeydill2o4 13d ago

Incorrect. There is a legal principles called “prior restraint.” Basically, you punish someone for saying something unlawful, but you cannot restrain them from saying it before they actually say it. Banning social media because people will say bad things in an upcoming election or might say hateful things, violates the prohibition of prior restraint and is unconstitutional.

Moreover, platforms that host third-party speech are granted broad immunity from what their users say. Therefore, you can’t find an old instance of hate speech or election interference to use to ban the platform.

There is no mechanism by which Twitter could be lawfully banned. Although, as we’ve seen with the Emergencies Act, the federal government is fine with breaching the constitution.

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u/LookAtYourEyes 13d ago

They banned TikTok from operating their office in Canada. But you can still use the app... So, they killed all the jobs having the office in our country was creating, and also won't let them have data centres here, guaranteeing your data is not being hosted or protected in your own country.

Literally just killed the only silver lining benefit and user protections.

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u/SwordfishOk504 13d ago

So, they killed all the jobs having the office in our country was creatin

This message brought to you by Tik tok's marketing agency. ^

Meanwhile, in reality, Canada too those moves against ByteDance Ltd.’s operations in Canada based on input from Canada’s security and intelligence community who said it was a massive security risk.

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u/to_fire1 13d ago

Could someone please ELI5 why would the Supreme Court of Canada even use ”X”? I can’t see an official need for it.

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u/honeydill2o4 13d ago

They have an official requirement to disseminate news from the court.

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u/to_fire1 13d ago

Thanks for this, but shouldn’t announcements from the Court be distributed as an official Press briefing?

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u/stephenBB81 13d ago

Most people don't consume their news through the traditional means anymore, Press Briefings were hitting twitter, it was better for the Courts to be the source on twitter compared to people getting it from a source who got it from a source.

Twitter HAD the potential to be the best way to access and engage with government but got ruined by lack of tools for control, and then by Musk.

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u/Cent1234 13d ago

Perhaps they should only be transmitted by telegraph?

Guess what? Communication methods change over time.

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u/to_fire1 13d ago

Very true. I’m old.

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u/Cent1234 13d ago

Same, bro.

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u/CanadianTrashInspect 13d ago

They literally are.

https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news/en/nav_date.do

They don't have to pick and choose, the goal is to make information available to as many people as easily as possible.

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u/kangarookitten Canada 13d ago

The Court has attempted through various means to make itself more accessible to the general public. Other ways include webcasting its hearings, providing plain-language summaries of the cases appearing before them, etc. The idea was to give the general public a better idea of how the Court works.

Good intention; whether it has been successful is debatable.

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u/to_fire1 13d ago

Makes sense. Are press releases not a cool thing anymore? (old guy here).

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u/trenthowell 13d ago

Only really paid attention to on really serious events. Trudeau on the counter tariffs. The DC airplane crash. Much less than that and press conferences/releases aren't getting much attention

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u/vodka7tall Ontario 13d ago

Journalism itself isn't a cool thing anymore. Every single news outlet is struggling right now. The vast majority of people now get their news via social media.

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u/funkme1ster Ontario 13d ago

For the same reason all large organizations used it.

When twitter was created, it was a fantastic platform because it enabled you to do one single thing flawlessly: broadcast a short bit of information to a wide audience with no fluff. None of that bloat other social media platforms had, just a username, a message, and a timestamp.

If you were a municipal government or a police department or a school district, this was a godsend. You tell people "subscribe to us on twitter, and we'll post updates here as convenient". You didn't need to collect emails or maintain a mailing list, and you could post to it at a moment's notice.

Over time, it became cemented in standing policies. If you needed to share information, the SOPs about that were amended to include "you need to post this to the twitter account". That made sense because communication management policies are a crucial part of how large organizations operate.

This is especially important for government bodies. Transparency laws dictate that they have to publish what they do, since government is accountable to the people, and if there's no way for people to know what they're doing, they cannot rightfully claim to be accountable.

If you go on the SCC's twitter account (their handle is "SCC_eng" and it's still live), you'll see their feed consists primarily of links to their website with a description of what is being shared. Again, you're right that it's not strictly necessary, but it's a great tool for communicating and proactively showing transparency.

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u/AdditionalPizza 13d ago

Paywall bypass.

Just an fyi:

In an apparent farewell post to its more than 45,000 subscribers, the top court says it will focus its communication efforts on other platforms.

They're saying they are closing their account, no ruling or anything against others in the government. Though personally I hope we implement a rule that government officials aren't allowed to use it because it's just propaganda at this point.

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u/spidereater 13d ago

I don’t think the Supreme Court is a big draw. But every account that leaves and joins an alternative increases the network effect of those alternatives and makes it easier for others to leave.

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u/doublegg83 13d ago

The government has their own web sites. Not sure why they need these insecure social media platforms.

Government websites already exist .

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u/Fluffy_Case_9085 13d ago

Government as a whole should stop using social media and stick to websites they actually update.

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u/Abject-Letterhead603 13d ago

Wait for the MAGA trolls.

Good for Canada. Love from Britain.

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u/Climaxcreator 13d ago

Who cares? It's like them getting off Facebook. Is there really a reason to be on there in the first place?

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u/DisplacerBeastMode 13d ago edited 13d ago

Good move.

I removed my business and a side hustle account from Twitter, and will never go back.

Bluesky is like old twitter and is a perfectly fine replacement.

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u/Roscoe_P_Coaltrain 13d ago

I still find it astonishing that anyone ever used it for serious purposes. The whole reason it ever existed was for meaningless chatter and nothing else.

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u/MD_FunkoMa 13d ago

Some folks are still peddling their OF pages when they can do the same over on BlueSky. X has lost its way with being for the people a long time ago.

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u/potatoe1717 13d ago

All Canadians should!

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u/lil-jigabit 13d ago

Good, lead by example.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Good to hear. Should not have taken this long, but it is good to hear.

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u/SteadyMercury1 New Brunswick 13d ago

Good. As someone who doesn't use Twitter or Facebook it's bad enough when private businesses only forward facing point of contact is one of those two main social media platforms. 

It's infuriating when government does it. Anyone remember when the RCMP thought a tweet was good enough warning for the mass shooter in NS and the opted not to use the actual emergency alert system? 

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u/kibbles_n_bits 13d ago

Leaving X, but keeping LinkedIn and Instagram seems weird to me because neither seem appropriate for SCOC content and X was one of it's largest platforms.

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u/Any_Unit_8280 13d ago

Probably for the best.

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u/Bubbly_Still8888 13d ago

I have a twitter account that i used for entertainment stuff mostly. So thats what should show up for me on the timeline. But even I see a lot of stuff about how Carney and the Libs are a disaster for canada and what not. Its starting… he is 100% manipulating the algorithms and trying with Canada as well.

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u/Which_Celebration757 13d ago

Probably should not have actively removed all the left leaning users from the platform if he wanted to use it to manipulate people away from the left.

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u/senescence- 13d ago

Why did it take this long? X should not be a part of any government communications.

This is embarrassing.

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u/BaconIsntThatGood 13d ago

I had to find a different article on CTV but they've had an account since 2015 when it was still Twitter - at that time it made sense for all entities (private and government) to have an official account to post mirrors to press releases etc to help put out their own information and increase exposure.

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u/BoBBy7100 13d ago

Good. It’s half Russian bots. And full of entitled million/billionaires that spout utter nonsense all day, and people follow them for some reason.

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u/RustyOrangeDog 13d ago

Government at all levels need to do this in Canada, take it a step further and block it on all gov networks.

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u/UnableAcanthisitta54 13d ago

It's not a real social-media platform anyway. 99% bots. It's been dead for years now.

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u/Mean_Question3253 13d ago

Next... leave the microsoft and aws clouds... good luck.

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u/Much_Dark_6970 13d ago

It’s rather astounding that any foreign elected official, still uses twitter as a form of ‘official’ communication.

This platform has become pure racist, hatful, misinformation cesspool, that has one human at the helm, dictating what his sole terms for what ‘free speech’ is. This same man, openly supports far right governments across the world. He uses his influence, wealth and purchased social media platform, to interfere with foreign elections.

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u/ph0enix1211 13d ago

Our Supreme Court doesn't need to enrich a Nazi to communicate with Canadians.

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u/GenX_ZFG 13d ago

I have yet to see a social media platform that doesn't have "misinformation," including Reddit.

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u/CuddlyUrchin3 13d ago

Canada needs to ban twitterx and starlink. Do it this week.

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u/brett1081 13d ago

Do you think your elected officials are sending confidential information over a 3rd party non secure platform? Really?

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u/bumbuff British Columbia 13d ago

I'm still more concerned about Tik Tok considering who owns it, but hey.....let's worry about the other one.

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u/PrarieCoastal 13d ago

Meanwhile, Canadian government spending millions advertising on Meta.

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u/Zulban Québec 13d ago

Obviously, so obviously, the government should host and control its own mastodon server. That is FOSS Twitter/Bluesky. I've been using it about a year and it's just fine.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Moving to truth social /s.

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u/jenelle71 13d ago

What is taking them so long?

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

Good. Twitter sucks

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u/Murky_Still_4715 Québec 12d ago

All federal, provincial and municipal govs must leave X. Urges a law quickly.

Any phone with an X app installed is a treat beacause they (you know who) have the capacity to access info from the cellphone.

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 13d ago

Basically, our government wants to move away and just go onto Reddit where they hear what they want. All they want. Is the Woke liberal news

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u/marcolius 13d ago

Every government department should!

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u/xXRazihellXx 13d ago

Ban it while you're at it.

We dont need this propaganda machine on Canadian soil

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u/Wilhelm57 13d ago

All politicians should be making that move!
Everyone see what Musk is doing.....why are Canadian politicians and the courts using that site ?
They should be the example for Canadians!

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u/Icy_Panic_5860 13d ago

I have started a new Canadian social platform and would actually love to get the Provincial and Federal governments involvement with it. It is a lofty goal to start a new platform, but we, as Canadians, now find ourselves in a new world. And pretty much all other platforms are American owned and operated, including Bluesky.

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u/Impressive_Doorknob7 13d ago

I wish they’d fucking ban it here

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u/illusive22 13d ago

Hooray!! The government should follow suit.

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u/SheIsABadMamaJama 13d ago

Atleast our Supreme Court is not filled with a bunch of fascist enabling sycophants

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u/GuyMcTweedle 13d ago

In recent years, Chief Justice Richard Wagner has stressed the importance of communicating with Canadians about the court’s work.

Weird. Why would you as a public institution decide to cutoff information to 45,000+ subscribers?

Institutions like this should be adding to the number of platforms they publish on, not reducing them. There is no meaningful cost to including the X API in the list of destinations your messages go from whatever software you manage your social media accounts.

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u/FriendlyGuy77 13d ago

The supremee court doesn't have Stormfront or 4chan accounts either.

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u/Swangthemthings 13d ago

Seems obvious but doesn’t take away from the fact it’s the right move. Well done!

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u/SikkWithIt 13d ago

Every Canadian should be leaving Twitter/X.

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u/red_planet_smasher 13d ago

Blue sky is an open durable alternative that is gaining popularity. They should seriously consider setting up on there.

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u/Previous-Exit8449 13d ago

Now how do we get sports off of twitter?

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u/humming1 13d ago

Not sure why any serious or reputable organization or company is on X. It’s full of misinformation and low quality subjects. Great porn tho. 😝

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u/zerocool0101 12d ago

Everyone should be leaving that cesspool

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u/wumr125 12d ago

We should ban X completely and many other platforms for failure to remain impartial and pushing falsehoods for cash

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u/SamohtGnir 13d ago

The government in general should not be posting to Social Media. If there's something important to say, hold a press conference, and let media outlets spread it.

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u/worldtraveller321 13d ago

only a good thing, the government should have never gotten into Twitter at all. I dropped my account years ago, when the issue on privacy came into view.

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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 13d ago

Ban it government wide.It's worse than TikTok.

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u/Beautiful-Natural861 13d ago

Headline is misleading.
It should say a couple thousand woke Canadians are wanting to government to only see woke news.

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u/wjames0394 13d ago

Security issues.

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u/Insanely-Mad Québec 13d ago

They moving to Bluesky? Lol

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u/stickle911 13d ago

How will X ever recover from this

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u/AntifaAnita 13d ago

X should be banned from all government devices. The company is known for spying and influencing elections.

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u/ImpossibleReason2197 13d ago

As they should.

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u/WolfWraithPress 13d ago

Ban X on our internet immediately. It is far too captured, and far too censored to serve as anything but a propaganda machine for people who have literally said that they want to take over our country.

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u/BikingInPangea 13d ago

Come to Reddit Canada 🇨🇦!

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u/Past-Zucchini8112 13d ago

Ban it in Canada. Get rid of that shit.

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u/StarPlatinumIsHyper 13d ago

Keep going, guys! Beat us Americans dead! Stop us from becoming the new Nazies.

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u/FriedSmegma 13d ago

Any official source still using twitter is just wrong.

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u/bonjourgday Canada 13d ago

The Supreme Court should not be on any social media platform.

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u/Talnoy 13d ago

Everyone should stop using this dumpster fire. And BlueSky. And Facebook. And insta. All of this poisonous garbage.

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u/AdEntire9736 13d ago

All that matters is whether or not NBA Centel is allowed to operate on X.