{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/679329b8c2d52c7ac8ae6756?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Zuckerberg and Musk are Just like Edison and Ford: A**holes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/1737697139296-15f64779-18ef-4df4-82ff-ce96a2428326.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Social media is a mess and the tech oligarchs are to blame. San Grewal of The Pointer joins to assess the damage caused when coders replace publishers. Plus, a boomer cell defends us from Trump and the Liberals axe their own tax.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Check out our latest investigation, <em>The Copernic Affair</em> on the <em>Canadaland Investigates</em> feed. Follow <em>The Copernic Affair</em> wherever you get your podcasts: <a href=\"https://canadaland.lnk.to/copernic-affair\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://canadaland.lnk.to/copernic-affair</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Host: Jesse Brown</p><p>Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Sam Konnert (Fact Check), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)</p><p>Guest: <a href=\"mailto:info@thepointer.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">San Grewal</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Further reading:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facebook-meta-canada-elections-1.7426328\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Meta is ending fact-checking in the U.S. Could that affect the vote in Canada? | CBC News</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/459662/the-end-of-reality-by-taplin-jonathan/9781911709497\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The End of Reality</a> [Book]&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.platformer.news/meta-ends-misinformation-enforcement-zuckerberg/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Meta just flipped the switch that prevents misinformation from spreading in the United States</a> - Platformer&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-us-border-smugglers-advertising-social-media/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">As border anxiety mounts, ads for smugglers in Canada helping migrants illegally cross into U.S. flourish on social media - The Globe and Mail</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ircc-immigration-citizenship-canada-job-cuts-1.7436881\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Canada's immigration department cutting roughly 3,300 jobs over 3 years | CBC News</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/with-trumps-return-and-our-sovereignty-to-defend-boomers-are-ready-to-return-to-their/article_eb754f28-d501-11ef-8ddf-97ebd0f9341f.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion | With Trump back in, Canadian boomers are in a fighting mood</a> - Toronto Star</li></ul><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Sponsors:</p><p><a href=\"https://canadaland.oxio.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">oxio</a>: Head over to<a href=\"http://canadaland.oxio.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> canadaland.oxio.ca</a> and use code CANADALAND for your first month free!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://betterhelp.com/canadaland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BetterHelp</a>:&nbsp; Visit<a href=\"http://betterhelp.com/canadaland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> BetterHelp.com/canadaland</a> today to get 10% off your first month.</p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you value this podcast,<a href=\"https://canadalandnetwork.supercast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Support us</a>! You’ll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You’ll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch at<a href=\"https://canadalandstore.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> our store</a>, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you’ll be a part of the solution to Canada’s journalism crisis, you’ll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"CANADALAND"}