Meta says it will block news from Facebook, Instagram in Canada
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The announcement follows the passage of legislation Thursday requiring social media platforms to pay news organizations for their content.
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The act outlines rules to force platforms such as Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content, a step similar to a groundbreaking la…
Facebook and Instagram users in Canada will be blocked from viewing Canadian news, parent-company Meta said Thursday, after Ottawa passed a bill requiring digital giants to pay for such content.
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 effect, the company said on Thursday.
Meta is planning to block news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada, after the country passed legislation requiring Big Tech companies to pay media outlets for news shared or repurposed on their platforms.
In a showdown between U.S. tech giants and Ottawa, Google is considering also blocking content after Bill C-18, or the country’s Online News Act, passed into law to force payment for local journalism.
Facebook owner Meta will restrict news access in Canada after lawmakers passed legislation designed to force it to pay news outlets for hosting their content.
Meta will pull local news from its sites for Canadian users after parliament passed the Online News Act, which requires royalties to be paid to news organizations for use of its content.
