Meta Begins Blocking News in Canada
The maker of Facebook and Instagram, Meta, has begun to restrict access to news content on its social networking platforms in Canada. The adjustment will go into effect “over the course of the next few weeks,” Meta stated in a blog post on Tuesday. The change is in reaction to a new law in Canada that mandates digital companies compensate news organizations for utilizing their content. Canadians who use Facebook and Instagram won’t be able to see content posted there by both domestic and foreign news sources. Approved the Online News Act In June, Canada approved the Online News Act, joining other nations in trying to compel major social media corporations to pay news organizations. Canadian law mandates that search engines and platforms bargain with news producers to license their content. In response to Canadian law, Meta had already indicated that it might restrict access to news sources. The organization claimed in a blog post that the Online News Act “misreprese...