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In July, the Globe and Mail wrote in an Instagram post that “Facebook and Instagram are blocking Canadian news outlets for up to 5% of users in the country.”
Meta said Tuesday that it has “begun the process of ending news availability in Canada” across Facebook and Instagram in response to a new Canadian law. “These changes start today, and will ...
In response to the Online News Act, Meta (owner of Facebook) began blocking access to news sites for Canadian users at the beginning of August 2023. [15] [16] This also extended to local Canadian news stories about the wildfires, [17] a decision that was heavily criticized by Trudeau, local government officials, academics, researchers, and evacuees.
Meta has begun to remove news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada, the social media giant said Tuesday, in response to recently passed legislation in the country that requires tech ...
The Online News Act (French: Loi sur les nouvelles en ligne), known commonly as Bill C-18, is a Canadian federal statute.Introduced in the 44th Canadian Parliament, passed by the Senate on June 15, 2023, and receiving royal assent on June 22, 2023, the act will implement a framework under which digital news intermediaries (including search engines and social networking services) that hold an ...
In response to the Online News Act, Meta Platforms began blocking access to news sites for Canadian users at the beginning of August 2023. [396] [397] This also extended to local Canadian news stories about the wildfires, [398] a decision that was heavily criticized by Trudeau, local government officials, academics, researchers, and evacuees.
The social media platform’s move comes as wildfires continue to burn across Canada
Meta Platforms Inc plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a parliament-approved legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into ...