The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta lift a "reckless" ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country.

Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing::The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country.

  • cedarmesa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1013·
    1 year ago

    Yes the government can force them because theyre the government. Thats how governments work. If youve bought into the propaganda that governments have no right to regulate facebook then I guess facebook is the ultimate authority to rule the world? Perhaps we should hand the military over to zuckerberg? Zuck as unelected dictator president? Governments have authority and a duty to control corporations within their borders no matter what their ceo’s have convinced you through the media outlets they have bought up. Yes, governments have ultimate power and authority on planet earth not “business”.

    • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Sure, Canada can regulate Meta/FB, but they can’t force them to offer the service in the country. If Meta wants to completely cease operations in Canada they’d be perfectly within their “rights”.

      • sfgifz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        Meta hasn’t chosen to cease operations there, and realistically they aren’t going to do it, unless they’re willing to take a massive hit in stock value that would result from taking out a rich country from the revenue stream.

        • brockpriv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          101·
          1 year ago

          Gov ask companies to pay for sharing news. Meta is complying with the regulation. They’re sharing zero news, which is within their rights.

        • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          But they have ceased serving news from canadian outlets, in compliance with the local laws. There’s no way the government can force them to pay out for news links if they won’t serve them at all

    • 1rre@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      Issue is Canada can’t force them to do business there. If they continue introducing flawed legislation that is awful at doing what it’s supposed to do, then Meta’s just gonna get tf outta there. Canada aren’t big enough to have that much of a dent on their income, so it’s just not worth it.

    • kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      That’s the traditional model, but I don’t think it applies anymore. We seem to be living in a post-nation state era. People are fully reliant on the top dozen or so companies, so those companies have tremendous power over government. Some governments are only just now realizing that fact and are trying to push back, but it’s way too late.