Minister Pascale St-Onge redoubled her calls for Meta to end its ban on Canadian news content on Facebook and Instagram on Saturday as thousands flee wildfires
In both a Friday social media post and a Saturday interview with The Canadian Press, Pascale St-Onge said the social media giant is recklessly putting people’s lives at risk by blocking Canadian news articles on its two massive platforms.
– which requires some tech giants to pay for news content shared or repurposed on their platforms. Meta is Facebook’s parent company and formerly bore the same name as the social media platform.raging forest fires encroach on cities Bill C-18 is not yet in effect, though it was passed in the House of Commons, St-Onge said. That means Meta is not yet on the hook to pay for any Canadian news posted to its sites. The company, alongside other tech giants, media companies and members of the public, will be invited to weigh in on any regulations resulting from the bill, she added. That consultation period will begin in the coming days.
“To look for the reckless roots of this problem, the heritage minister should look in the mirror,” he said in an interview Saturday, describing the bill itself as “reckless.” “I would hope that both sides of this might wise up,” said Jarvis, who is also the director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism.St-Onge said the federal government is wide open for input from Meta and hopes the company will participate in the consultation period for the bill’s regulations. She has heard nothing from the company so far, she said, nor has it said it would take part in the consultations.
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