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Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)

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Canada's Heritage Minister redoubled her calls for Meta to end its ban on Canadian news content on Facebook and Instagram on Saturday as thousands of Canadians continued their rush to escape wildfires ravaging British Columbia and the Northwest Territories.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

These are the real questions that need to be asked. Using a social media platform from a company based in another country as your country's emergency news outlet is a big problem. Citizens using social media for news is another.