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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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[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Facebook tried this in Australia, but backed down after a week, and now pay a significant amount to news organisations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Media_Bargaining_Code

Google and Facebook aren’t going to cut themselves out of such a big slice of interaction, they’re just throwing a tantrum and hoping the government caves.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The two laws really aren't the same. With the Australian law, a last minute amendment allowed digital platforms and news publishers to directly negotiate deals, which is when Facebook "backed down." The Canadian law imposes a specific link tax

[–] diffuselight@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Oh it’s worse. They paid Rupert Murdoch who was the one who forced the government to do the law. He owns all their balls down under. So the bad guys won however you look at it.