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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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[-] redditron_2000_4@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Public safety should be the government’s responsibility. Why are they expecting a private foreign organization to do their job? And to be penalized for doing it?

This was such an obvious result of their passing C-18 that their complaints just amplify their ignorance and lack of foresight passing bills to appease local media lobbyists.

[-] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 10 points 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

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