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  • Meta says it's blocking news on Facebook, Instagram after government passes online news bill. ( Canada )

    06/22/2023 4:07:09 PM PDT · by george76 · 11 replies
    National Post ^ | Jun 22, 2023 | Anja Karadeglija
    With Bill C-18 on the verge of becoming law, Canadians could soon see news removed from their Facebook pages and Google searches.. OTTAWA — After the Senate passed the Online News Act Thursday, Meta confirmed it will remove news content from Facebook and Instagram for all Canadian users, but it remained unclear whether Google would follow suit for its platforms. Article content The act, which was known as Bill C-18, is designed to force Google and Facebook to share revenues with publishers for news stories that appear on their platforms. By removing news altogether, companies would be exempt from the...