Meta is ending news on Facebook & Instagram in Canada

[TheButcher]

No more news on Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook in Canada.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/meta-e ... -1.6924370


"Social media giant Meta says it has officially begun ending news availability on its platforms in Canada starting Tuesday.

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has been signalling the move was coming after the government passed its Online News Act, Bill C-18, in June.

The law requires big tech giants like Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms."

[BrasSmonkey]

so the news companies want to be paid twice??? you maple fuckers are weird! it's free exposure for authors!!!

[shoopa]

It is only fair news sites spend money on content the social media giants make money from selling ads, they need to pay for the content.

[BrasSmonkey]

It is only fair news sites spend money on content the social media giants make money from selling ads, they need to pay for the content.

bullshit! new sites are parasites!

[yobilinks]

It is only fair news sites spend money on content the social media giants make money from selling ads, they need to pay for the content.

bullshit! new sites are parasites!

You miss the point,those news site pay people to gather and write the news stories, they are not a charity.

[BrasSmonkey]

It is only fair news sites spend money on content the social media giants make money from selling ads, they need to pay for the content.

bullshit! new sites are parasites!

You miss the point,those news site pay people to gather and write the news stories, they are not a charity.

who says it's a charity clown...

[jag]

No one wins from this new legislation

[LuKenGas]

Meta is doing right with this

[badkitty]

Wasn't something similar about to happen in Europe or have I got my lines crossed.