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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

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Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada

alyaza [they/she]M to

Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

It comes after parliament passed a bill requiring tech giants to compensate publishers for news.

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As a Canadian I am happy with this news. I am not on Facebook but I know many who are and the amount of misinformation they spread is crazy. In most cases their source of misinformation is Facebook. So I am glad this is happening.

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