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Links to B.C. town’s website ‘scrubbed’ from Facebook community groups: MayorMeta, the company that owns Facebook, has reportedly removed several years' worth of URLs that lead to the official website of the southern B.C. town.PoliticsSep 5
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Meta to continue blocking Canadian news despite new C-18 regulationsMeta says they still plan on blocking Canadian news links, calling the legislation "fundamentally flawed" while Google says they are assessing their options.CanadaSep 1
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How you can find Global NewsImportant breaking news and information about Canada — and about your community — will no longer be available on Meta platforms. But you can connect with Global News’ journalism.BlogsAug 9
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Corus joins growing Canadian boycott of Meta over news blockingCorus Entertainment is the latest Canadian media company to boycott advertising on Meta platforms, like Facebook, over the company saying it will block Canadian news links.CanadaJul 17
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Amid C-18 row, media group urges advertisers to pledge 25% of budgets to local newsThe call to support local media sources comes amid years of declining advertising for Canadian news as ad dollars migrate to tech giants.MoneyJul 13
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Canada leaves door open to regulating Meta’s Threads platformThe online news act has since sparked a tit-for-tat relationship between digital giants Meta and Google and the federal government.CanadaJul 12
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Ottawa will stop advertising on Facebook, Instagram amid news blocking rowThe decision comes after Meta began blocking Canadian news content on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in response to Canada's recently passed Online News Act.CanadaJul 5
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Quebecor to pull its ads from Facebook, Instagram over Meta’s C-18 protestThe "Online News Act," or House of Commons bill C-18, introduced in April last year laid out rules to force companies such as Meta and Alphabet-owned Google.CanadaJul 5
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Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news lawKent Walker, president of global affairs for Google and its parent company Alphabet, says he's disappointed it has come to this point but that the legislation remains unworkable.CanadaJun 29
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Meta to end access to news on Facebook, Instagram in CanadaEarlier this month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Meta and Google were using "bullying tactics" as they campaign against the legislation.CanadaJun 22
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