Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

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alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA

TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago

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Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA

TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago

cross-posted to:
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It comes after parliament passed a bill requiring tech giants to compensate publishers for news.

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i’m sure Canadians are really peeved about this one, it’d really suck if Facebook weren’t allowed to continue promoting far-right misinformation, genocide denial, anti-vaccine bullshit and other goodies into everyone’s feed

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