Tech giant Meta is facing plenty of criticism from Canadian lawmakers across the board for banning news content in the country.
The politicians are seeking new means through which they can add greater pressure on the firm as they feel it’s high time the company understood that the current wildfires situation is dangerous and people needed news now, more than ever.
For those who might not be aware of this ordeal, several warnings were generated by Facebook’s parent firm in this regard about how the nation’s Online News Act by Canada could have devastating effects. They vowed to block all news content in the country to help comply with the guidelines enlisted in the new regulation. The law enforces revenue share contracts among publishers as well as other huge online platforms.
This new regulation is designed to create a new kind of model for revenue sharing among Canada's leading publishers and tech giant Meta. The latter would be forced to pay for having local news content added across its apps including Facebook and Instagram.
Meta feels this is the wrong way to go about the business model for news publishing and it misrepresents the entire cycle as it benefits local news publishers more than the company, despite the vice versa being depicted.
However, Canada seems to be following in the footsteps of Australia, more than anyone else. Hence, the country has deemed it right to move ahead with the ordeal so that it could secure more funds for locals.
So far, we’ve seen Australia report having achieved some gains through this means. But in the past couple of years, the tech giant has worked its way toward a movement that’s miles away from news publishing.
Therefore, when the company was told to pay for having news published on its apps in the country or exit from it completely, it chose the latter as it felt such a decision wouldn’t affect its business.
Tech giant Meta has every right to carry on with this behavior but the way Canadian politicians are now behaving is leaving the company in a standoff position as stats do prove how others benefit more so why does Meta have to suffer financially via payments.
We’ve already seen the latest reports speak about Justin Trudeau offering extreme forms of criticism for Meta in this regard as he felt abandoning news during such a crucial point in time where wildfires are at large is shocking. He further called this time a period of national emergency.
Today, so many citizens are being left with no choice but to flee the nation as their homes are under threat of being burned down. Moreover, we saw the prime minister mention how firms like Facebook are opting to put their profits ahead of providing benefits to locals about the latest happenings in the country regarding this devastation.
We do feel that the Prime Minister’s words make sense. But seeing Meta suffer through this new Online News Law is uncalled for.
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The politicians are seeking new means through which they can add greater pressure on the firm as they feel it’s high time the company understood that the current wildfires situation is dangerous and people needed news now, more than ever.
For those who might not be aware of this ordeal, several warnings were generated by Facebook’s parent firm in this regard about how the nation’s Online News Act by Canada could have devastating effects. They vowed to block all news content in the country to help comply with the guidelines enlisted in the new regulation. The law enforces revenue share contracts among publishers as well as other huge online platforms.
This new regulation is designed to create a new kind of model for revenue sharing among Canada's leading publishers and tech giant Meta. The latter would be forced to pay for having local news content added across its apps including Facebook and Instagram.
Meta feels this is the wrong way to go about the business model for news publishing and it misrepresents the entire cycle as it benefits local news publishers more than the company, despite the vice versa being depicted.
However, Canada seems to be following in the footsteps of Australia, more than anyone else. Hence, the country has deemed it right to move ahead with the ordeal so that it could secure more funds for locals.
So far, we’ve seen Australia report having achieved some gains through this means. But in the past couple of years, the tech giant has worked its way toward a movement that’s miles away from news publishing.
Therefore, when the company was told to pay for having news published on its apps in the country or exit from it completely, it chose the latter as it felt such a decision wouldn’t affect its business.
Tech giant Meta has every right to carry on with this behavior but the way Canadian politicians are now behaving is leaving the company in a standoff position as stats do prove how others benefit more so why does Meta have to suffer financially via payments.
We’ve already seen the latest reports speak about Justin Trudeau offering extreme forms of criticism for Meta in this regard as he felt abandoning news during such a crucial point in time where wildfires are at large is shocking. He further called this time a period of national emergency.
Today, so many citizens are being left with no choice but to flee the nation as their homes are under threat of being burned down. Moreover, we saw the prime minister mention how firms like Facebook are opting to put their profits ahead of providing benefits to locals about the latest happenings in the country regarding this devastation.
We do feel that the Prime Minister’s words make sense. But seeing Meta suffer through this new Online News Law is uncalled for.
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