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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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[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same happened in Australia but Facebook backed down

[–] EcksrayYangkeyZooloo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The changes mean the government may not apply the code to Facebook if the company can demonstrate it has signed enough deals with media outlets to pay them for content. The government has also agreed that Facebook and other platforms which would be subject to the code would be given a month’s notice to comply.

So the system still works as intended. I don't see a problem.

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 4 points 1 year ago

All those words and the article doesn't actually say what was changed.