These principles underscore the BBC's commitment to acting in the public's best interests, respecting artists' rights, and ensuring transparency in AI-generated content.
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian news industry groups on Tuesday asked the country's antitrust regulator to investigate Meta Platforms' decision to block news on its platforms in the country, accusing the Facebook parent of abusing its dominant position. Meta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada last week in response to a law requiring internet giants to pay for news articles. Canada's Online News Act, part of a global trend to make tech firms pay for news, became law in June but has not yet come into effect.
Canadians using Facebook and Instagram should expect to see some gaps in their feeds, starting now. This week, Meta began blocking Canadian access to links and stories from news publishers — the company's response to a bill that would require the tech giant to pay outlets for the right to distribute and profit from their content. "As we've always said, the law is based on a fundamentally flawed premise," Meta policy communications director Andy Stone wrote on Twitter.