Concern over shortage of reliable news after articles blocked on Facebook in response to tech law
Meta started banning links to news articles onand Instagram in Canada in response to the new federal law requiring tech companies in the country to pay news publishers for using their content.
Meta has described the legislation as “unworkable” and argued that the only way to comply with the law was to “end news availability for people in Canada”.What does this mean for Facebook and Instagram users in Canada? Canada’s heritage minister, Pascale St-Onge, said: “[Meta] would rather block their users from accessing good quality and local news instead of paying their fair share to news organisations.”
Meta argues that news content is not a significant source of revenue, and comprises less than 3% of what people see in their Facebook feeds.
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