Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta began removing news links on both sites in Canada this week.
“They would rather block their users from accessing good quality and local news instead of paying their fair share to news organizations,” the statement read. “Google and Facebook earn 80% of all digital advertising revenue in Canada. Meanwhile, hundreds of newsrooms have closed.”
This, of course, would leave little in the way of advertising dollars for publications, which have long relies on such revenue. She added that other countries are looking at Canada and are considering taking similar action. In fact, Canada’s new law is not dissimilar to one passed in 2021 in Australia. Both Google and Meta made deals with Australian news companies after some changes were made to the law,
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