Meta's decision to block news links in Canada this month has had almost no impact on Canadians' usage of Facebook, data from independent tracking firms indicated on Tuesday, as the company faces scorching criticism from the Canadian government over the move.
I wasn’t reffering to the headline but the situation in general. What I meant was that the regulators expected the companies to be forced to pay up rather than just dropping Canadian news altogether.
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I’m not sure what they expected would happen. Regulators can’t help but show off how little they understand about the internet.
That’s not the goal here, the headline misrepresents the issue
I wasn’t reffering to the headline but the situation in general. What I meant was that the regulators expected the companies to be forced to pay up rather than just dropping Canadian news altogether.
My original comment was a bit vague.