With evacuations in Yellowknife and Kelowna, Meta should reverse its \u0027unacceptable\u0027 decision to block news, the transport minister said.
Rodriguez, who was in charge of the Big Tech regulation file until his move to transport last month, said he’s warned Meta during past conversations about “the risk of blocking news.” He called Meta’s decision “unacceptable.”
She followed that up with a social media post stating Meta’s “reckless choice to block news before the Act is in force is hurting access to vital information … We are calling on them to reinstate news sharing today for the safety of Canadians facing this emergency.”Competition Bureau conducting ‘preliminary review’ on Meta’s news blocking
Meta pulled news content off its platforms in response to the Liberal government’s Online News Act, which would force it to share revenues with news publishers .
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