Sharing this with permission. I have gotten similar messages from several Canadian followers as well. Meta has blocked Canadians from seeing news articles we post. They get a “This content is not available in Canada.” Anyone know what is behind this censorship? - ThreadSky

amysiskind.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Sharing this with permission. I have gotten similar messages from several Canadian followers as well.

Meta has blocked Canadians from seeing news articles we post. They get a “This content is not available in Canada.” Anyone know what is behind this censorship?

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turnmedemsoc.bsky.social•1 day ago

...and this would be reason 895 why I left Facebook and Instagram

marcosantana.bsky.social•2 days ago

Interesting. An American media oligarch is blocking Canadians.

ckdesg.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s not Meta censorship. Canada requires social media outlets like Facebook to fairly compensate news outlets for the content they develop.

Meta refuses to do so.

Therefore news articles cannot be shared on Facebook.

This policy is common to many other states around the world.

mbski15.bsky.social•2 days ago

😳

annslater22.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is not new. No need to worry.

prairiesam.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634
In a nutshell - greed

mastone61.bsky.social•1 day ago

Please don’t get your news from Facebook!

e-m-e-l-l-i-s.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634

It’s been over a year now

jennydjld.bsky.social•2 days ago

🇨🇦🇺🇦🤔I don’t know what kind of deal Bluesky has but all I know is they are open to all of it! News articles from anywhere & everywhere!
That’s what makes them a cut above the rest!
Access matters-
Especially to democracies in peril!

e-m-e-l-l-i-s.bsky.social•2 days ago

Probably something to do with this section based on a quick skim, but I’d need a more thorough read through to be certain

sdr-fla.bsky.social•1 day ago

Canadians shouldn't be using Facebook at all... Boycott it all.

e-m-e-l-l-i-s.bsky.social•1 day ago

They shouldn’t, and sometimes they have personal reasons why they do

I’m not going to judge people who have different barriers to me

katspens.bsky.social•2 days ago

This was the result of a Canadian federal govt decision to stop Facebook distributing content without paying the authors and publishers. I don’t know that many of us mind overly much. We want writers to get paid, & we know where to find the original sources of the stories.

beeebri.bsky.social•2 days ago

But also people just need to get off meta apps, there are alternatives now that aren’t controlled by supporters of fascism.

skwren.bsky.social•2 days ago

Canada enacted legalization similar to the EU prohibiting Facebook from publishing Canadian media news stories verbatim without compensation of appropriate royalties or licensing fees.

skwren.bsky.social•2 days ago

Google and Facebook both disputed this law, insisting that they functioned as news aggregators (a stretch at best), not publishers, but because they started to receive ad revenues for these stories, the judge threw out their riposte.

skwren.bsky.social•2 days ago

Google has since settled with Canada, but not Facebook, which—since it could no longer steal Canadian media-created content and profit off it for free—applied a blanket ban against Canadians publishing or having access to any news content, no matter which country of origin.

skwren.bsky.social•2 days ago

It should be noted that Zuckerberg did agree to compensate European media creators for their content, but decided to single out Canadians…which sounds to me like the plans to illegally Anschloss Canada have been in the works for years.

beckydurango.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly my thought

nlcoombe.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is DESPICABLE

chrischoptain.bsky.social•1 day ago

no its not

stay in your lane

jwestrope.bsky.social•1 day ago

Drop Facebook folks

stephrobyn.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is due to Bill C-18. Because Meta doesn’t want to have to pay for news content. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6885634

deahead.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tell them to get on bluesky

deahead.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fuck zuck. He's a piece of shit too

legobatman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good primer here

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meta-australia-google-news-canada-1.6925726

cdbrow1.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think it has to do with this.

https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/industr/info.htm

justcallmedonner.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sounds like a great reason to quit Facebook.

frozzbot.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wish they'd do this for the US. FB is not where anybody should be getting their news.

retrocanuck.bsky.social•2 days ago

You do understand that actual news is blocked, right? Like my dad gets most of his information on Facebook from reels now.
Its not a good thing

frozzbot.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think I understand. I suggest an intervention on anyone getting most of their info from social media. They would be much better off steering their web browser to an actual news org like https://nytimes.com, https://cnn.com, or other somewhat reputable src. I bookmarked these sites for my parents and seems to work

2020willbelit.bsky.social•1 day ago

I have a great idea - #DeleteFacebook and #DeleteInstagram.

Fuck the Oligarchs!! ✊🏽✊🏽

allthingsjennifer.bsky.social•1 day ago

@sandia-beaver.bsky.social ?

sandia-beaver.bsky.social•1 day ago

I deleted Meta years ago now, and one of the reasons was Zuckerberg didn't want to pay Canadian media for use of their content/articles. Google has

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/one-year-after-news-ban-canadian-journalism-is-suffering-but-meta-isn-t-budging-1.7281101

tulipqueen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes Amy it is terrible! But we find our way and are luckily tuned into wonderful, informative people like you!

cadragon.bsky.social•2 days ago

Canadians blocked from seeing news articles on FB & Insta. It's Meta's response to the Canadian govt's Online News Act (Bill C-18) Law aimed to ensure online platforms compensate news organizations for using their content, but Meta chose to block news sharing on its platforms rather than comply.

jennydjld.bsky.social•2 days ago

🇨🇦🇺🇦 Let’s not tiptoe here.
Zuckerberg & Musk are cheap pr*cks and don’t give a rats’ ass about helping to protect journalism here in Canada-nor apparently in America either.
They would rather punish Canadians for wanting to know FACTS.
That will bite them where it counts one day!

blueohm.bsky.social•2 days ago

Any comment, Zuck???

johnlouiseisenberg.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can download and print to .pdf then attach to an email address and send

ckdesg.bsky.social•1 day ago

Screen shot and post, at least the headline and intro which has the news outlet’s name and the date.

You can find the item that way on the website.

johnlouiseisenberg.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yet another great work around.

stephaniea2025.bsky.social•2 days ago

Get off of facebook!!! Meta is next!!

josiemaranda.bsky.social•2 days ago

This has been around for a couple of years. Because of Bill C-18 META blocked content sharing

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634

oldcanuck1964.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pissing contest between the Canadian Government and Meta, relating to renumeration for original publishers when reposting news articles.

The Gov told Meta that they had to pay publishers, so Meta just decided not to show any such content in Canada.

mahalomalama.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤔 Zuck won’t fact check or block hate speech on US Facebook but he’s censoring what Canadians can view. Why is anyone on FB or anything else Meta at this point!

gaindivisible.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tell them to start getting their news on platforms not run by sycophants of the current regime.

larrybinsea.bsky.social•2 days ago

Canada passed a law requiring social media companies to pay content providers, and Meta decided to take their ball and go home.

jennydjld.bsky.social•2 days ago

🇨🇦🇺🇦🤔 Zuckerberg didn’t want to help out REAL news companies by paying a small incentive to help support & protect journalism jobs in Canada.
Elon has done the same.
Google is the only one who has contributed.
As if anyone needs more proof that Meta & X are all about THEIR bottom line & THEIR greed!

hadiedas.bsky.social•2 days ago

Europe should do the same!

prettyhatmachine.bsky.social•2 days ago

You cannot rely on Meta or X.

Contact your audience and warn them to migrate ASAP.

icyvr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Here's a link to a story from the CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634 It's a dispute about compensating Canadian news organizations for posting their stories on its platforms.

giolovesyou.bsky.social•2 days ago

All Zuckerberg needs is competition and he is done. Is there anyone who truly likes the guy?

riversoflight.bsky.social•2 days ago

I would assume…

permosia.bsky.social•1 day ago

My understanding is that Canada has an election in April. And, apparently there is a 'Maple-MAGA candidate'. Perhaps Meta, an arm of Trump, doesn't want reports of how bad things are here to be known to Canadians because they may not vote MAGA.

catboss555.bsky.social•1 day ago

That is not correct. It's because Canada passed a law requiring social media companies to pay content providers. Meta wouldn't agree, so they blocked news feed to Canadians.

permosia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks for the feedback.

libbypcck.bsky.social•1 day ago

WTH

egrunin.bsky.social•2 days ago

The takes on Canadian law in this thread are bad. FB was not scraping & publishing — *users* were putting *links* in their posts.

This is a fight between corporate giants, and we the people are the ones who get trampled.

myweematecharlie.bsky.social•2 days ago

They did this to us in Australia a few years ago too

joeunseen.bsky.social•1 day ago

(2023)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67755133

free2say.bsky.social•2 days ago

I got off of Facebook completely because they were censoring posts. Any links to articles against Trump were blocked and you could not read them.
I no longer want to be on a platform that censors like that. Let’s all boycott Facebook. Zuck needs feel the pain for this just like Elon is.

airsjon.bsky.social•2 days ago

So they let through posts from Fox and oann?

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