Meta is blocking news links in Canada, as it did previously in Australia, following the introduction of new legislation. The…

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Canadian media is a loser, particularly the small and independent media outlets that are more reliant on social media to develop community and build their audience. The loss of Facebook links will take a serious toll and undermine innovative companies in Canada.

    Sounds like these are the same “independent media outlets” that have consistently been pushing anti-science, right-wing, anti-women, anti-LGBT lies and disinformation, which gets spread around like a virus on Facebook.

    Meta has done us all a favour. 😄

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      Meta has done us all a favour.

      Don’t praise them for doing the bare minimum to curb the endless ragebait politicization they intentionally created.