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When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow
'The ambient presence of journalism and true information in our feeds, the signals of reliability that were there, that's gone,' Taylor Owen, founding director of McGill University's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, says
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When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that follow
Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks for his Canada Proud Facebook page. Our numbers are growing and we're reaching more and more people every day, said Ballingall, who publishes up to 10 posts a day and has some 540,000 followers. Media is just going to get more tribal and more niche, he added. This is just igniting it further. Canada has become ground...
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Meta briefly blocked a local news organization critical of Facebook
Meta blocked a local paper that published a column criticizing Facebook. The tech giant said it was accidental.