I hit my first instance of Meta blocking Canadian news content.
Rachael sent me a story from #CBCVancouver via Instagram messages.
The thumbnail is visible in messages (1), but when I click, I get the restricted message (2)
I wasn’t following the CBCVancouver account, and when I search for and visit the profile, I get a different message (3)
I guess Rachael hasn’t had this rolled out to her account yet.
Remember, there are no good guys in this #BillC18 debacle.
@boris @canada
What I find especially amusing is that Facebook is blocking The Beaverton. Which says all sorts of uncomfortable things about their ability to discern between journalism and not-journalism.
Facebook is blocking news, not journalism specifically.
@EhForumUser @wrw
But The Beaverton isn't "news" either, it's literally fiction. If The Beaverton is "news", then so is some fanfiction blog with ads on it. So is every web comic.
Ultimately, it's really just that FB/Meta don't want to pay people for content. They want to get paid.
Categories like "journalism" or "news" are just BS terms used to cover what they're doing.
The Beaverton is mostly based on the news, so one can glean what is news from that fiction.