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Yes, that was a great move. I wish Meta would do the same in all countries. I don't go to Facebook to read news.

> Yes, that was a great move. I wish Meta would do the same in all countries. I don't go to Facebook to read news.

Lots of news organization saw their traffic drop though, and this reduced revenues. (Not judging either way, just noting some effects.)

I am not a facebook user, but going by that post they seem to go a step further and outright block any links pointing to news sites. The article mentions some provisions in the Italian law that prohibit restricting visiblity of the news sites, at least during negotiations, so that kind of salted earth move could backfire .

Yes, meta took the salt-the-earth approach. Rather then allow users to post links and meta not summarize the content, meta is now destroying its own value for Canadians.

These hypercorps and their CEOs act like giant fucking children, and rather than abide by a ruling being told to play fair, they just decide to take their ball and go home.

Good riddance. The sooner social media dies, the better off humanity will be.