--- title: "Meta to end news access for Canadians if Online" description: "Bill C-18, the \"Online News Act,\" was tabled in the House of Commons in April of last year." author: "Vallabha Buddepu" published: 2023-03-13 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2876/meta-to-end-news-access-for-canadians-if-online category: "web development" tags: ["web development", "metaverse", "metaverse trends"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Meta to end news access for Canadians if Online Facebook- parent Meta [Platforms](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/126146/the-current-scenario-of-cryptocurrency-exchange-platforms) said on Saturday that it would end vacuity of [news](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/news) content for Canadians on its platforms if the country's Online News Act passes in its current form. The" Online News Act," or House of Commons bill C- 18, introduced in April last time laid out rules to force platforms like Meta and Alphabet's [**Google**](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13142/the-google-plus-social-api-integration)to [negotiate](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13133/negotiate-to-win-how-to-gain-and-keep-the-upper-hand) marketable deals and pay news publishers for their content." A legislative frame that compels us to pay for links or content that we don't post, and which aren't the reason the vast maturity of people use our platforms, is neither [sustainable](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23400/how-to-build-sustainable-homes) nor workable," a Meta prophet said as reason to suspend news access in the country. read more : [**MoS IT ministry to Meet Indian Startups to Assess Impact of Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2875/mos-it-ministry-to-meet-indian-startups-to-assess-impact-of-silicon-valley-bank-s-collapse)\ Facebook- parent Meta Platforms said on Saturday that it would end vacuity of news content for Canadians on its platforms if the country's Online News Act passes in its current form. The" Online News Act," or House of Commons bill C- 18, introduced in April last time laid out rules to force platforms like Meta and Alphabet's Google to negotiate marketable deals and pay news publishers for their content." A legislative frame that compels us to pay for links or content that we don't post, and which aren't the reason the vast maturity of people use our platforms, is neither sustainable nor workable," a Meta prophet said as reason to suspend news access in the country. \ read more : [**See the full list of Oscar 2023 winners: RRR song 'Natu Natu' wins best song and more**](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2874/see-the-full-list-of-oscar-2023-winners-rrr-song-natu-natu-wins-best-song-and-more) \ " All we are asking Facebook to do is negotiate fair deals with news outlets when they benefit from their work," Rodriguez said." This is part of a disappointing trend that [tech](https://www.mindstick.com/services/technologies) titans would rather pull news than pay their fair share." Facebook last time raised [enterprises](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44880/who-is-the-minister-of-heavy-industries-and-public-enterprises) about the [legislation](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2355/data-protection-legislation-will-stop-the-exploitation-of-client-data-and-punish-offenders) and advised it might be forced to block news- participating on its platform --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2876/meta-to-end-news-access-for-canadians-if-online Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.