Local news, Quebec publishers first targets of Facebook’s block on Canadian news
Some French-language media organizations and smaller local media outlets say they are being targeted by Meta after the digital giant restricted access to their content on Facebook as part of its fight against the Liberal government’s online-news bill.
He said it’s unfortunate that these measures are being taken in response to the proposed online news legislation, which would require tech giants to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing news content online. “We launched ourselves a campaign inviting our readers to come directly to our website instead of waiting for news to come to them through Facebook,” Ménard said to The Canadian Press on Tuesday.Meta is running a test for the majority of the month that will temporarily block news content for up to five per cent of its Canadian users on Facebook and Instagram. It said the test began last week, but publishers began to take notice on Monday.
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