Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Saturday (March 11) that it would end availability of news content for Canadians on its platforms if the country's Online News Act passes in its current form. The Online News Act or House of Commons bill C-18, introduced in April last year laid out rules to force platforms like Meta and Alphabet Inc's Google...
The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium on Dec 6, 2022.Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Saturday that it would end availability of news content for Canadians on its platforms if the country's Online News Act passes in its current form.
"A legislative framework that compels us to pay for links or content that we do not post, and which are not the reason the vast majority of people use our platforms, is neither sustainable nor workable," a Meta spokesperson said as reason to suspend news access in the country. Canada's news media industry has asked the government for more regulation of tech companies to allow the industry to recoup financial losses it has suffered in the years as tech giants like Google and Meta steadily gain greater market share of advertising.
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