Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday criticized Meta for blocking domestic news from its platforms, saying the Facebook-parent was prioritizing profit over safety as devastating wildfires force tens of thousands to evacuate their homes.
Trudeau’s comments represent the latest government attack on Meta, which this month started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada in response to a new law requiring internet giants to pay for news articles.
Canada: “If you want to link to news, you have to pay”
Facebook: “We’d rather just not link to news”
Canada: passes law
Facebook: blocks news
Canada: :o
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Now these clowns are whining about safety since they didnt get their payday. Brilliant.
Oh fuck off Canada. Big old case of well if it isn’t the consequences of my actions.
This is the dumbest argument.
If you want to stick it to facebook, tell people to stop using it and direct them to better sites for news. This guy is so tone deaf.
Threaten to ban the whole fuckin site and he done with it. Garbage ass social platform. See how they play ball then.
Spoken like a true Liberal.
If it weren’t for the government dicking with the internet, the social media aggregators wouldn’t have given up linking to news articles.
Now you just expect them to “play ball” or else.
Canadians got news before Facebook and they’ll manage to get it again without Facebook. They’re clever folks.
Coming out with story this makes JT sound like a fool.
Fucking hell Trudeau is so embarrassing
