Last month, Meta (the owner of Facebook and Instagram) and Google confirmed their plans to end the availability of news for Canadians in response to the Online News Act (Bill C-18) coming into effect. MTL Blog readers are already seeing the impact of these decisions, as our Instagram page has been blocked for a selection of users who are no longer able to access our content on the platform.
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The 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.
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