Journalism a vital public service that needs to be supported, Eby says.
Premier David Eby has ordered the B.C. government to pull advertising from Facebook and Instagram, after calling tech company Meta’s decision to shut off access to Canadian news “absolutely disgraceful.”
“To send a strong message to Meta that journalism is a vital public service and access to news should never be blocked, our government has decided to stop all advertising on Facebook and Instagram – with a limited exception for critical health and safety information.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would not be bullied by Meta and Google, whose dominant online presence and multi-billion dollar bank accounts have positioned them to make an example out of Canada. Eby, in comments to Glacier last week, called “the conduct of these companies is absolutely disgraceful.”
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