Tue Aug 22, 2023 – 4:50 pm EDT
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Liberal politicians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have demanded that Meta allow news about wildfires to be shared on their platforms, despite the fact that it was their government’s own law that compelled Meta to block such content.
On August 21, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for banning Canadians from sharing stories about the various wildfires raging across the country – a move Meta only made to ensure they were in compliance with the Trudeau government’s recently passed Online News Act.
Trudeau claimed that “Facebook is putting corporate profits ahead of people’s safety” by continuing to ban Canadians from sharing news on their platforms rather than pay fees outlined in the Online News Act.
Similarly, Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez revealed he spoke to Meta last week about restoring news for Canadians, calling the ban “totally unacceptable.”
Some Canadians are complaining that Meta’s ban is preventing them from sharing important data regarding wildfires in the remote northern town of Yellowknife, and in the western province of British Columbia.
In early August, Meta began the
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