The rollout of the news ban on Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada will take place over the next few weeks.
Meta is so unwilling to pay for news under a new Canadian law that it’s starting to block it on Facebook and Instagram in that country::The rollout of the news ban on Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada will take place over the next few weeks.
That said, after the Threads position the actual story here is that Meta no longer thinks that the benefit of news outweighs the hassle. If it didn’t, they’d pay.
And they are likely right - AI + US election cycle news isn’t gonna be a net positive for them
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That said, after the Threads position the actual story here is that Meta no longer thinks that the benefit of news outweighs the hassle. If it didn’t, they’d pay.
And they are likely right - AI + US election cycle news isn’t gonna be a net positive for them