@MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 1 year agoMeta to end news access in Canada over publisher payment lawwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12file-text
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minus-square@Tibert@compuverse.uklinkfedilink10•1 year agoDidn’t meta (Facebook) also threatened to remove news from Australia when a similar law passed? And they did nothing.
minus-square@BlinkAndItsGone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•1 year agoBecause they struck a deal with the media companies in that case. That hasn’t happened with Canada. They’re gonna do it this time, and I’m sure Canada will be fine without getting its news through Facebook.
Didn’t meta (Facebook) also threatened to remove news from Australia when a similar law passed? And they did nothing.
Because they struck a deal with the media companies in that case. That hasn’t happened with Canada. They’re gonna do it this time, and I’m sure Canada will be fine without getting its news through Facebook.