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Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)

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Canada's Heritage Minister redoubled her calls for Meta to end its ban on Canadian news content on Facebook and Instagram on Saturday as thousands of Canadians continued their rush to escape wildfires ravaging British Columbia and the Northwest Territories.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Thanks, that's interesting.

It's a shame, because I really don't like FB much, and I would consider myself a supporter of traditional news media (quality stuff at least) - but here, I just can't see how they think they have a case.