Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)

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Canada's Heritage Minister redoubled her calls for Meta to end its ban on Canadian news content on Facebook and Instagram on Saturday as thousands of Canadians continued their rush to escape wildfires ravaging British Columbia and the Northwest Territories.

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[-] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 10 points 1 year ago

I agree. Do we really want governments to reliant on private corporations? Can't they use emergency broadcast alerts, make a Mastadon instance and point people to it, stuff life that? I don't even know use FB anymore except for events and the Messenger.

[-] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Right? Is the government seriously telling me that my safety depends on whether or not I use Facebook?

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