Facebook fighting Online News Act

It appears some heavy-hitting social media giants will no longer be a source of news for Canadians.

In protest of the federal government’s recently-passed Bill C-18, the Online News Act, Meta (Facebook) announced it will soon begin blocking all news accress on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.

In comments provided to The Canadian Press, News Media Canada president and CEO, Paul Deegan, said this “intemperate” action will harm user experience and devalue the Facebook platform.

“Without access to real fact-based news created by real journalists, Facebook will become far less attractive to users and advertisers,” Deegan said in a statement.

“We expect more and more advertisers and their agencies will begin

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His dad and I were pretty upset—why did it take so long to find out? He walked around with a broken wrist bone for pulling advertising from the platform in response to this unilateral, undemocratic, and unreasonable move.” over a week, although he didn’t complain much—tough guy.

Here at the Source , we will continue to post our stories on Facebook until we’re unable to do so. At that time we will continue sharing our stories on Twitter. So, if you don’t already, make sure to follow @MeridianSource for all your news needs!

He had a cast put on and after six weeks, had the cast removed and the wrist x-rayed again to confirm it had healed. All for free.

That one-week wait sure sounds like a first-world problem, doesn’t it?

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