Draft regulations show this would cost both companies around 4% of their Canadian revenues.
For example, the Facebook News feature sees Meta pay some news outlets for the content.
Facebooks news block began in August as the fires spread, becoming the largest in North American history.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among those to criticize the move.
Instead, they rely more than ever on mainstream sources or less reputable ones.
The company also provided Red Cross Canada with resources to amplify evacuation resource messaging.
Unfortunately, our appeal landed on deaf ears, Tait told Deadline.
Facebook declined to comment directly on this article.
She joined in 2018, becoming the first woman to lead the organization.
We would ask Facebook to be held responsible in the way we treat our own companies.
