B.C. Premier David Eby says he feels Meta is holding British Columbians at ransom by withholding news on Facebook and Instagram. Meta said it remains committed to ending news sharing on Facebook.
Premier David Eby joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday in criticizing Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for blocking news of wildfire emergencies in B.C.
Meta’s ban on news links on its websites is in response to the federal government’s Online News Act. Bill C-18 imposes a tax on social media companies for news links shared on their websites. The move is an effort to compensate news media organizations for the advertising revenue Meta and Google generate from news content.
“I think that it's important from an information perspective to meet people where they're at. And a lot of people are out on social media,” said Ma. “And so, it is an important tool. At the same time, it is not the only tool that we provide.” Hermida said the Australian government faced similar problems when it tried to impose a tax on Meta. But before news was blocked, the government there “blinked and basically changed the way the law was going to be applied.”
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