261
submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Meta's news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada::Canadians are calling on Meta to lift its news ban so they can share news about the wildfires in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i mean, i mostly agree. i don't get my news from facebook, and most people i know who use facebook say it's a generally more pleasant experience without news on the site.

but when i say "now they're complaining" i don't just mean random people. the people that are complaining are Justin Trudeau and David Eby. If they want facebook to link to news sites, they shouldn't charge facebook money to do that. most websites pay facebook money to link to them.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 6 points 1 year ago

Yup, no fan of Meta, but this law was a bad idea

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For just about anything you can always find "people" that complain about it: I mean, Flat-Earthers complain of their views getting "unfair treatment".

That doesn't at all mean it's bad or even that such a view is anywhere representative of what even a significant minority of people thinks.

Somebody complaining about something is only a valid threshold for "newsworthy" for a "news" media which is clickbait prone or little more than the mouthpiece of a specific political side.

(Not Canadian, don't really have a side in there, just pointing out what I see as a general rule).

this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
261 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

59017 readers
2948 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS