The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta lift a "reckless" ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country.

The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country.

  • earthling@kbin.social
    17·
    1 year ago

    Meta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada this month in response to a new law requiring internet giants to pay for news articles.

    Look, I hate Facebook as much as the next guy but you have to admit, Canada doesn’t have much to bitch about. They did this to themselves.

    Facebook doesn’t want to pay for news articles so they decided not to have news at all. ¯\(ツ)/¯

    • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
      12·
      1 year ago

      The entire premise of a link tax is batshit insane. It’s not mediocre. It’s not “I can see where they’re coming from”. It completely and irreparably breaks the internet.

      The previews are exactly what sites ask for them to show. You don’t get to tell them “please show this content” then accuse them of stealing content.