Meta Confirms Canadians Will Be Blocked From Accessing News on Social Media Due to Passage of Bill C-18

Meta Confirms Canadians Will Be Blocked From Accessing News on Social Media Due to Passage of Bill C-18
Three screens display the splash page for the Meta page on the Facebook website in London, England, on Oct. 29, 2021. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Tech-giant Meta has confirmed that Canadians will lose access to news on its social media sites due to Bill C-18, the Online News Act, becoming law.

“We have repeatedly shared that in order to comply with Bill C-18 … content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters, will no longer be available to people accessing our platforms in Canada,” Meta said in a media statement on June 22.