Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada
Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada
It comes after parliament passed a bill requiring tech giants to compensate publishers for news.
Canada's Online News Act, which cleared the senate on Thursday, lays out rules requiring platforms like Meta and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news organisations for their content.
Google called the bill "unworkable" in its current form and said it was seeking to work with the government to find a "path forward".
Meta has called the law "fundamentally flawed legislation that ignores the realities of how our platforms work".
The Online News Act is expected to take effect in Canada in six months.
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Maybe not getting your news from Facebook isn't such a bad thing?
I was going to say the same thing. It would be great if they did it in the US. FB can go back to their roots of family and friend connections.