Discovering news articles and videos on Facebook and Instagram will soon become a relic of the past, as Meta announced it is officially ending news availability in Canada.

  • thessnake03@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It says the move to block news is a response to the bill, which requires tech giants to enter into agreements that compensate Canadian news outlets for content shared or otherwise repurposed on their platforms

    They’d rather kill FB & IG than share some ad money. I’ll get the popcorn.

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    11 months ago

    It’s the right thing to do, and as a Canadian I hope other countries join in. These massive tech companies figure they can just steal content and reap the rewards without sharing.