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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have no love for tech bosses.

Let me ask you - do you think we shouldn't be allowed to share links to news articles on Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think if a business is monetizing news, they should pay the news org.

Why do you think FB should have a free right to others’ work?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I see. So the end of the free and open internet. And all hail the pay to view internet. Want information? News? Weather? To interact with anyone else? Gotta pay up for every interaction.

Tim Berners Lee would be rolling in his grave (if he were dead)