Canada's Heritage Minister redoubled her calls for Meta to end its ban on Canadian news content on Facebook and Instagram on Saturday as thousands of Canadians continued their rush to escape wildfires ravaging British Columbia and the Northwest Terri
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.
Meanwhile, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories have declared states of emergency as raging forest fires encroach on cities including West Kelowna, B.C., and the territorial capital of Yellowknife. As tens of thousands of people flee under evacuation orders, they won't find content from Canadian news outlets on Facebook or Instagram to help them stay abreast of the latest information from officials.
But Jeff Jarvis, a journalism professor at the City University of New York, says there is some onus on the Canadian government to back down. Jarvis said Ottawa should be signaling to Meta that it's open for negotiation. In response, and in light of the horrific wildfires, Meta should then reconsider its Canadian news ban as a show of good faith, he said.
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