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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.

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[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 91 points 1 year ago

As much as Meta shouldn't be relied on for news, Canada creating legislation which stops Meta showing news then crying when Meta doesn't show news is frankly laughable and I don't know how their government didn't see it coming

[-] DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Lol Meta has some good PR. The government did not stop Meta from sharing news. They stopped them from profiting off someone else's work without paying for it. Meta was told they had to start paying and decided to stop showing it entirely.

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

I seriously do not understand where this idea of "profiting off someone else's work" even comes from. I am on Meta's side here 100%.

[-] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me too, and I'm not even a fan of meta to begin with, but paying to link to another site is a pure violation of the way the Internet was supposed to work.

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

I don't even like Meta and I agree, the law is horrible

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