Meta won’t negotiate with publishers, will end Facebook news in Canada
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/facebook-cutting-off-news-in-canada-to-avoid-paying-publishers-for-content/
Yesterday, Canada passed its Online News Act, which requires tech companies to negotiate content deals with news publishers and pay news outlets for links shared on their platforms. As Meta threatened back in March, it promptly announced yesterday that it will be quickly ending news access on Facebook and Instagram in response to the law, Reuters reported.
"Today, we are confirming that news availability will be ended on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada prior to the Online News Act taking effect," Meta's statement said.