Facebook blocked news in Australia during a 2021 showdown with the government. How would Canada respond to the same threat here?
OTTAWA—The possibility of Meta blocking Canadians’ access to news on Facebook and Instagram over the Liberal government’s online news bill is ramping up, with the tech giant signalling it’s ready to make the drastic move should the proposed legislation pass unchanged.
It’s not the first time the platforms have issued warnings to countries seeking payment for news sharing. Canada’s bill, while not identical, is based on Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code, which infamously triggered a weeklong news ban in that country in 2021. Not only was news wiped from the platform, so too was information posted by government agencies and non-profit groups. Government health information and pages for some emergency services faced the same fate amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, misinformation and conspiracy theories were left untouched.How would those threats impact me if they happened here?
The government pushed through several amendments, including exempting Facebook from being subject to the code if it could prove that it inked enough deals with news outlets. Platforms were also given a month to comply with the code if they were eventually designated under the regime, and changes were made to the final offer arbitration process that would kick in for situations where commercial deals could not be reached.
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