Meta won’t negotiate with publishers, will end Facebook news in Canada
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A small percentage of Canadian Facebook users is already losing access to news.

Oh no. Millions of users are going to have to get their news from off facebook! What facebook stuff they do see is going to require they actually click through and view the website instead of reading a blurb and a headline so the site gets its deserved page views.

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Well, they won’t be able to get their news from “news outlets” specifically linked on Facebook. They will still be able to get their news from other sources on Facebook.

Not sure if that’s actually an improvement though.

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