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Meta is so unwilling to pay for news under a new Canadian law that it's starting to block it on Facebook and Instagram in that country (fortune.com)

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Meta is so unwilling to pay for news under a new Canadian law that it's starting to block it on Facebook and Instagram in that country::The rollout of the news ban on Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada will take place over the next few weeks.

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[-] FoxBJK@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

This will probably have no affect on Facebook’s profits but will definitely result in a big drop in traffic to the news sites, ultimately costing them money.

Same thing happened in Spain. Not sure why Canada thought it’d go differently for them.

[-] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Same happened in Australia but Facebook backed down

[-] EcksrayYangkeyZooloo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Not exactly…

Australia agreed to amend the law to make it much more favorable to Facebook. In essence, Facebook and Australia compromise.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/feb/23/facebook-reverses-australia-news-ban-after-government-makes-media-code-amendments

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