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[โ€“] uphillbothways@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

On the broadcasting side, community radio stations, a category that includes college stations, are required by law to dedicate 15% of their airtime to spoken work content.
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She posted a screenshot of what she saw: a message from Facebook reading, โ€œWe reviewed your Page and determined it is a news outlet. In response to Canadian government legislation, content from news outlets canโ€™t be shared in Canada... If you believe we got this wrong, you can request another review in 6 months.โ€

So, Canadian law allows Facebook/Meta and web publishers to remove news content, while regulating local radio stations to help customers get news content? Sounds like Facebook needs much more regulation so it will stop skirting the law and be forced to either simply abandon Canadian operations or perform in its function as a communications platform in a faithful manner.

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 2 points 1 year ago

You seem to have it the wrong way around. It's the regulations that are forcing Facebook to remove news content.