Meta news ban intensifying Canadians' legacy media break
- In Canada, voters will find campaign news filtered through creators on Facebook and Instagram, without links to major media articles.
- Meta has restricted access to news websites, opposing the Online News Act, which mandates payment to journalism outlets for content.
- The ban could weaken traditional journalism during an election cycle, leaving voters to rely on political commentary from other sources.
- Lockhart from Toronto Metropolitan University noted that misinformation aligns with a preference for social media as a news source.
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The electoral campaign accentuates the breakup of voters with traditional media
Canada is experiencing its first election campaign with the inability of voters to use Facebook or Instagram to inform themselves via traditional media. A situation that accentuates the break with traditional media and exacerbates the effect of "chambers of echo," experts say.
Meta news ban deepens Canadians’ legacy media break
MONTREAL - As Canada heads into an election this month, voters looking for campaign news on Facebook or Instagram will find material filtered through online creators and influencers — and no links to articles from major media outlets.

Meta news ban intensifying Canadians' legacy media break
As Canada heads into an election this month, voters looking for campaign news on Facebook or Instagram will find material filtered through online creators and influencers -- and no links to articles from major media outlets.
Meta news ban intensifying Canadians legacy media break #CDNNews #Politics #Canada
As Canada heads into an election this month, voters looking for campaign news on Facebook or Instagram will find material filtered through online creators and influencers — and no links to articles from major media outlets. For more than a year, social media giant Meta has cut access to news websites on its sites, rebuffing Canada’s government over a law called the Online News Act and its requirement that platforms compensate journalism outlets …
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