RBG.ID – Starting August 1, Canadian citizens will no longer be able to view news content from local and international media portals via social media under META, namely Instagram and Facebook.
This is a decision taken by META which blocked everything related to links, writings, photo and video content leading to online information portals.
META chose to block access to online media because they did not want to follow the content of Canada's recently passed online news law.
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The Online Information Law states that for information published by online media and then disseminated via social media such as Instagram and Facebook, these platforms must share the results with online media.
The Canadian government wants to save the presence of online media amid an advertiser crisis and the development of online services, including social media platforms.
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The impact is that Canadian citizens cannot get the latest news from reliable online media in their country.
If you want to know the latest news, Canadians must visit the online media website to read all the accurate news.
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