dwazou@jlai.lu to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoMark 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 www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down14
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkMark 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 www.nytimes.comdwazou@jlai.lu to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareeternacht@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoGoogle does pay Canadian news companies to show their content. Part of the issue is that Facebook and Instagram can show news stories without linking out to them, so users don’t get the opportunity to see the news companies’ ads or to sign up for a subscription.
Google does pay Canadian news companies to show their content.
Part of the issue is that Facebook and Instagram can show news stories without linking out to them, so users don’t get the opportunity to see the news companies’ ads or to sign up for a subscription.