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
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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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Same happened in Australia but Facebook backed down
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
Because the law was changed: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/facebook-ban-australia-1.5924076