Fri. 06/23 – Meta To Turn Off The (Canadian) News Spigot?

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Friday, June 23,
0:07.0	I'm Brian McCullough. Today, are Canadians about to lose their access to news
0:11.0	on Instagram and maybe Google 2. More details about what that
0:14.9	Apple headset will be like to actually use. The newest claimant to the
0:19.2	Super Computer Crown is about to come online and of course the weekend long read suggestions.
0:24.8	Here's what you miss today in the world of Tech.
0:28.9	Meta says it plans to remove news content from Facebook and
0:36.3	Instagram for users in Canada. This comes after the online news act passed Canada's
0:42.2	Senate and received Royal Assent, quoting the National Post.
0:47.2	The Act, which was known as Bill C18, is designed to force Google and Facebook to share
0:52.2	revenues with publishers for news stories
0:54.4	that appear on their platforms.
0:56.5	By removing news altogether, companies would be exempt from the legislation.
1:00.6	Today we are confirming that news availability will be ended on Facebook and
1:04.1	Instagram for all users in Canada prior to the online news act Bill C18 taking
1:09.2	effect Facebook said in a blog post on Thursday afternoon.
1:12.8	We have repeatedly shared that in order to comply with Bill C-18 passed today in Parliament,
1:18.0	content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters,
1:21.0	will no longer be available to people accessing our
1:23.2	platforms in Canada." End quote. Canadians could also see news content
1:27.6	disappear from their Google searches if Google does the same. Heritage Minister
1:31.7	Pablo Rodriguez is holding last minute talks with
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