\u0022As a small local news outlet, the majority of our traffic comes from Facebook and Google. My hope is that an amicable agreement can be reached between Silicon Valley and Ottawa.\u0022
Sebastien Menard, editor-in-chief of Le Journal de Quebec, said its news is also being blocked from readers who view its stories on Facebook. That also applies to news shared by fellow Quebecor-own properties Le Journal de Montreal and TVA Nouvelles.
The company said it is working toward an “effective product solution to end news availability in Canada” so as to comply with the proposed online news legislation, known as Bill C-18, if it becomes law. “Meta has just exponentially increased opportunities for bad actors, including hostile foreign governments, to sow the seeds of misinformation and disinformation, which will ultimately undo the platform, erode its own shareholder value and undermine social cohesion,” Deegan said in a statement Tuesday.
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