Canadians are calling on Meta to lift its news ban so they can share news about the wildfires in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

Meta’s news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada::Canadians are calling on Meta to lift its news ban so they can share news about the wildfires in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

  • yaksmen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    388·
    1 year ago

    The Government telling meta and Google they’d have to pay to link has led to this entirely predictable result, and the companies said they would block links since very early on in the process. Independent experts (e.g., Michael Geist) also said that C18 was a bad idea.

    It’s ridiculous to complain about someone complying with laws that you (the government) drafted and passed.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      They didn’t have to pay to link — they had to pay to publish. As in, links are fine, adding a summary based on the content of that link is not.

      That said, C18 was definitely a bad idea, and Meta spun it to their advantage.

      Considering the undue influence Meta had over WHICH news people saw, I think Meta made the right choice.

      And Twitter X - shame on them for requiring login to search for emergency hashtags. But nobody’s talking about that one.