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Meta's news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada::Canadians are calling on Meta to lift its news ban so they can share news about the wildfires in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 year ago (17 children)

As much as Meta shouldn't be relied on for news, Canada creating legislation which stops Meta showing news then crying when Meta doesn't show news is frankly laughable and I don't know how their government didn't see it coming

[–] DoctorTYVM 24 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Lol Meta has some good PR. The government did not stop Meta from sharing news. They stopped them from profiting off someone else's work without paying for it. Meta was told they had to start paying and decided to stop showing it entirely.

[–] stigmata 8 points 1 year ago

If I need to pay a news company every time I decide to text you a link to their site because I thought it was interesting, I'd stop linking to them too.

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