minus-squareben@lemmy.ziptoTechnology@lemmy.world•Mark Zuckerberg banned news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada. Jeff Ballingall, a conservative operative, saw an opportunity. He runs ''Canada Proud'', a facebook page publishing lies linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down7·9 days agoHe didn’t ban news on their platforms in Canada. He disabled links to news platforms because the Canadian government passed a bizarre law that forced them to pay news agencies for the privilege of hot linking to them. linkfedilink
He didn’t ban news on their platforms in Canada. He disabled links to news platforms because the Canadian government passed a bizarre law that forced them to pay news agencies for the privilege of hot linking to them.