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Student publications and nonprofit community outlets are caught up in a drawn-out battle between the Canadian government, big-name publishers, and Meta.
Well, they actually did it. After months of tense bickering with Canadian lawmakers over a law forcing tech companies to pay publishers for news, Meta is following through on its threat to cut off access to news on Facebook and Instagram for the country’s 40 million residents.
Over the news few weeks, Meta will block Canadian users' access to links shared by news publications on Instagram and Facebook and stifle Canadian publications.