OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian government minister on Friday demanded that Meta lift a ban on Canadian news from its platforms to allow people to share information about major forest fires in the west of the country.
Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez told a briefing that the ban was “unacceptable”. Meta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada earlier this month in response to a law requiring internet giants to pay for news articles.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren)
