A place to discuss Canadian Politics
I don't actually understand the extent of this whole block thing. I know all about the history of it but not the current form of this thing.
Does facebook basically just block anyone from posting links to any Canadian news sources on their site? What does it say to the user when they try?
When you try to share a link from a site they deem Canadian news you get a pop up message telling you no one can see it.
Fascinating.
It seems to me that there ought to be some sort of middle ground for cases like this, even in the context of the power struggle. Perhaps they could quickly amend the law so that new agencies have the option to release Meta from paying for specific links, such as links about wildfires.
I'm assuming, of course, that the news agencies are smart enough to not paywall anything emergency or wildfire-related. I shouldn't make such assumptions.
edit: I'm Team Trudeau, for the record, on this issue. I think anything that separates Meta from the news is a good thing, period.