Meta said it will block access to news articles for all Facebook and Instagram
users in Canada after the country passed a new law, the Online News Act, which
would force internet companies to pay news publishers for their content.
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After months of protest from Meta, Canada followed the lead
of Australia and passed its
Online News Act in
parliament Thursday, enacting legislation that will require platforms like Meta
and Google parent company Alphabet to negotiate compensation deals with news
publishers if the platforms want to post or link to their work, reported
Forbes.
Meta said in a statement the bill was “
fundamentally flawed legislation,” and that it was making the move to block content from
publishers and broadcasters in order to comply with the bill.
Meta has not said whether it will reconsider allowing news
in the future; when a similar law was passed in Australia in 2021, the company
initially said it would block news stories before later reaching agreements
with publishers.
Under the new law, the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission would be
responsible for mediation if publishers and platforms cannot reach an agreement.
Meta’s move to block news articles for Instagram and
Facebook users in Canada does not come as a surprise. Before the bill passed,
Meta and Google both said they would eliminate access to news content in Canada
if it went through.
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