Facebook Dropping Facebook News in France, UK, and Germany Drew Wilson | September 5, 2023 Facebook has announced that Facebook News will be going by the wayside in 4 European countries, throwing another wrench into link taxes.
Do Regular Users Miss the Presence of News On Facebook? Maybe Not Drew Wilson | August 30, 2023 The dropping of news links on Facebook has certainly been noticeable, but do users miss the news? Maybe not.
Bill C-18 Collateral Damage Victim, Jeff Green, Comments on His News Site Being Blocked by Meta Drew Wilson | August 12, 2023 Jeff Green of the Frontenac News has spoken out about Bill C-18. This after Meta was forced to block links to their site.
Media Moves the Talking Point Deck Chairs as Their Facebook Audience Ship Sinks Drew Wilson | August 2, 2023 After Facebook began rolling out the news link blocks, the media tries hammering their talking points one last time.
Reports Continue to Roll in of Publishers Seeing Their Links Blocked on Instagram Drew Wilson | July 15, 2023 The damage caused by Bill C-18 is already starting to be felt on Instagram as publishers see their news links blocked.
No Deal! Meta Turns Down Canadian Governments Offer to Water Down Bill C-18 Drew Wilson | July 13, 2023 The government watered down Bill C-18 to entice the platforms back. Meta has reportedly rejected the offer.
Google Announces it Will Be Ending Support for Canadian News Links Drew Wilson | June 29, 2023 It appears that government talks have failed. Now, Google has announced that it will be ending support for Canadian news links.
As Bill C-18 Passes House of Commons, Meta Announces News Links Will Be Blocked Drew Wilson | June 22, 2023 Bill C-18 passed the second to last vote. In response, Facebook announced that news links in Canada will be blocked.
Big Media Previews “Finding Out” As Meta Tests Blocking Canadian News Links Drew Wilson | June 2, 2023 Big media was f***ing around with the Bill C-18 link tax. Now it will preview finding out as Meta test blocks news links.
How Bill C-18 Backers are Placing Way too Much Value on News on Platforms Drew Wilson | May 6, 2023 Bill C-18 backers seem to think that the whole world revolves around news. This is… not the case.
