Tech-giant Meta has confirmed that Canadians will lose access to news on its social media sites due to Bill C-18, the Online News Act, becoming law.
“We have repeatedly shared that in order to comply with Bill C-18 … content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters, will no longer be available to people accessing our platforms in Canada,” Meta said in a media statement on June 22.
The announcement comes a day after the federal government passed Bill C-18, which will require companies like Google and Meta to negotiate deals with Canadian media outlets and pay them for the content they link to on their websites and platforms….