Social media news consumers on Vancouver Island and across Canada can no longer access local and national news content from Meta platforms.
David Black is an associate professor of communication and culture at Royal Roads University and says approximately 23 per cent of Canadians get their news from Facebook.
Meta’s move is in response to Bill C-18, which forces the tech titans to compensate publishers for their content.
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