HALIFAX — Residents of small communities across Canada are finding creative ways of getting around Facebook's news blackout to share updates about dangerous ...
HALIFAX — Residents of small communities across Canada are finding creative ways of getting around Facebook 's news blackout to share updates about dangerous weather events, but they say it's still tough to get information to people quickly on the platform.
Windsor was hit especially hard by last year's flash flooding. Dunfield said that during that time, Facebook was the easiest place for her to get information. “We were pretty swamped here, and our only true access to information was what we got off Facebook,” she said. Flood-weary Windsor isn’t the only community where people rely on Facebook to get information despite the news ban. Ollie Williams, editor of Cabin Radio in the Northwest Territories, said that before the Meta ban, Facebook functioned as a “utility” for many in the territory, adding that the platform was the first place where people would go to get news.
“Our audience took on the burden of figuring out, ‘How are we going to share this information on Facebook and Instagram?’” Audette-Longo said the ban is concerning because it makes sourcing verified and accurate information more difficult, and could potentially reduce the scope of news content that would otherwise be accessible. “ empowers the audience in that it literally gives them information that they can use to make decisions,” she said.
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