Meta’s news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada::Canadians are calling on Meta to lift its news ban so they can share news about the wildfires in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    They didn’t have to pay to link — they had to pay to publish. As in, links are fine, adding a summary based on the content of that link is not.

    That said, C18 was definitely a bad idea, and Meta spun it to their advantage.

    Considering the undue influence Meta had over WHICH news people saw, I think Meta made the right choice.

    And Twitter X - shame on them for requiring login to search for emergency hashtags. But nobody’s talking about that one.