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Meta's news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada(www.businessinsider.com)

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Meta’s news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada::Canadians are calling on Meta to lift its news ban so they can share news about the wildfires in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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I seriously do not understand where this idea of “profiting off someone else’s work” even comes from. I am on Meta’s side here 100%.

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Natanael@slrpnk.net
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I don’t even like Meta and I agree, the law is horrible

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fuzzzerd@programming.dev
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Me too, and I’m not even a fan of meta to begin with, but paying to link to another site is a pure violation of the way the Internet was supposed to work.

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