TibiaKing t1_itegb20 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:48 AM

Reply to comment by Crack_uv_N0on in Meta threatens to block news content in Canada over media revenue-sharing legislation by BollocksAsBalls

This is good for Canada. Meta applications not providing news (which by now is well understood most of what it provides is misinformation) is objectively favourable than having them provide it.

Insterstellar t1_itf6jmc wrote on October 23, 2022 at 4:40 AM

Once they start blocking news they will probably also block some non-news items too because their algorithm mis-identified it as news.

Icy_Mouse_313 t1_itf86cc wrote on October 23, 2022 at 4:58 AM

Yeah, when they did it in Australia, Facebook blocked some emergency hotline during an emergency. Facebook looked pretty shit when it happened