Some Facebook users in Canada are no longer seeing any news content in their feeds. Under a new program being put in place by Meta, a subset of Canadian users are being blocked from accessing news items. The same restriction is being randomly applied to Instagram users. The ban is planned to run through the end of June and may be extended to the entire country next month. That will depend on whether or not the Canadian government passes a new law that would require tech platforms such as Facebook to pay publishers if users link to or “repurpose” any of their content. Known as the “Online News Act,” Bill C-18 is currently being debated and could pass some time this month if it’s signed into law. (AP)Read More
Meta testing a block of Facebook news in Canada
