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Politics · 3 years ago

No more News for Canada as Instagram blocks content for Canadian viewers due to C-18 link tax, others to follow

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No more News for Canada as Instagram blocks content for Canadian viewers due to C-18 link tax, others to follow

TheOtherJake ( TheOtherJake@beehaw.org ) to

Politics · 3 years ago

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Meta and Google are blocking links to news in Canada. The US might be next.

The companies are protesting Canada’s new "link tax" law by pulling news links off their platforms.

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Exactly this, very much a cut the noise to spite the face situation.

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