Rachel Curran, head of public policy for Meta Canada, told the House of Commons heritage committee the company will remove news in a way that is careful, responsible and transparent.
Rachel Curran, head of public policy for Meta Canada, said the company has put together a content-blocking team that is getting ready to end the availability of news on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram should the Liberal government's online news bill pass.
In 2021, Facebook temporarily blocked Australians from sharing news stories in response to a government bill that asked Google and Facebook to contribute to journalism. She said the team is working to meet the definition of news, and not apply any potential blocks to government pages, emergency services or community organizations.
Kevin Chan, global policy director for Meta, said to the committee that publishers benefit more from Facebook than it does from publishers. He said Meta gave"free marketing" to publishers that the company believes is worth about $230 million. The Liberal government has accused Meta of intimidating Canadians as a way to retaliate over regulation.
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