Facebook News Ban

• Links to B.C. town’s website ‘scrubbed’ from Facebook community groups: Mayor

  Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has reportedly removed several years' worth of URLs that lead to the official website of the southern B.C. town.

  Politics

  Sep 5, 2023
  
• Facebook warns it may block news content in Canada if ‘adverse’ bill is passed

  The Online News Act would set rules forcing platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content.

  Tech

  Oct 21, 2022
  
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• Heritage minister not worried Facebook will ban news over new bill

  The Liberal government introduced a bill earlier this month that would force digital giants to compensate news outlets for reusing their work.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2022
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• Letting tech giants like Facebook regulate themselves ‘simply not working,’ says minister

  'These platforms can't regulate themselves. We've tried that,' said Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2020