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The structural critique is intellectually consistent with how YouTube and TikTok recommendation systems work. no CRTC discoverability order has been imposed on YouTube, TikTok, or any user-generated-content platform2.

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The structural critique is intellectually consistent with how YouTube and TikTok recommendation systems work

no CRTC discoverability order has been imposed on YouTube, TikTok, or any user-generated-content platform

Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana
“no CRTC discoverability order has been imposed on YouTube, TikTok, or any user-generated-content platform”
SOURCEFact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana·stored copy on file
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

Watch time and retention as negative signals at low values

C-11 discoverability rules may apply to YouTube/TikTok user-generated content

Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana
“The text leaves the door open (Section 4.2 exception-to-the-exception)”
SOURCEFact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana·stored copy on file
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source

Eugene Wei's industry analysis argues that platforms like TikTok have replaced the "social graph" with an "interest graph".

Research Pass for "The Medium Becomes the Ground": Evidence
“Eugene Wei's industry analysis (extensively referenced in Ian Bogost's *Atlantic* essays and in *ArtReview* coverage) argues that platforms like TikTok have replaced the "social graph" (interpersonal connections that constituted potential social capital) with an "interest graph" derived from surveillance.”
SOURCEResearch Pass for "The Medium Becomes the Ground": Evidence ·stored copy on file
VERIFIED — a word-for-word match in the stored source
Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →

These are things people say about TikTok that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.

Disputed
"Algorithms pushing videos to geographic audiences caused watch times to crater"
Asserted by TikTok · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly runs against this claim.
Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana ↗
Disputed
"C-11 discoverability rules will harm creators"
Asserted by Geist · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana ↗
Disputed
"C-11 discoverability rules will ultimately apply to YouTube/TikTok user-generated content"
Asserted by University of Ottawa's Michael Geist · stance: critical
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana ↗
Disputed
"Successful Canadian digital creators who rely on international viewers for 90%+ of their income saw their global reach actively suppressed"
Unattributed assertion · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana ↗
Disputed
"YouTube and TikTok are not neutral parties"
Asserted by University of Ottawa's Michael Geist · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana ↗
Disputed
"Senator Paula Simons dismissed creator algorithm concerns as fearmongering"
Asserted by Senator Paula Simons · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana ↗
Disputed
"The scale of any future harm"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Cana ↗