Here We Go Again: Facebook Threatens to Block Canada News Rather Than Pay
Facebook is once again threatening to block news in a country in response to legislation that would force the company to pay for news. Facebook has long allowed users to share and link to news. While the tech industry maintained that news publishers benefit the most, many publishers have increasingly chafed under the arrangement and decried it as unfair. According to The Wall Street Journal., Canadian legislators are preparing to address the problem with new legislation requiring Facebook to pay publishers for content it uses Facebook has pushed back against the…
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