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As many of us here migrated from Reddit during the blackout, I thought some here would be interested in the calls for Facebook and Instagram blackouts in Canada in response to Meta’s blocking of links.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/3673419

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Just want to make sure you understand that Meta is acting preemptively to get the federal government to back down..

The legislation C-18 will not come into force until the end of the year.

While Meta’s platforms can reasonably expect to be listed due to their digital market power, they have not yet been listed. The regulations necessary to operationalize the law haven’t even been published for consultation.

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