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Jul 5, 2023 | 10:18 AM
OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the federal government will stop promoting on Facebook and Instagram.
The choice follows both Meta guaranteed to obstruct Canadian news material on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in action to Canada’s just recently passed Online News Act.
The brand-new law will need tech giants pay media outlets for material they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms.
Rodriguez says the choice from Meta, which is already obstructing material for some users as part of a test that started prior to the expense passed, is “unreasonable” and “irresponsible” and as an outcome Canada will stop promoting on their platforms.