Author: News Desk

Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada In response to the passing of Canada’s Online News Act, Meta has announced that it will implement news restrictions on its platforms – Facebook and Instagram – for Canadians. The legislation successfully passed the Senate on Thursday. The bill mandates that major platforms must provide compensation to news publishers for the content published on their sites. Both Meta and Google have already conducted trials limiting news access for certain Canadian users. Drawing parallels to a similar law enacted in Australia in 2021, Facebook had blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Friday’s front pages report heavily on the news that the five men inside the missing sub – en route to see the wreck of the Titanic – have been declared dead. The Titan sub went missing on Sunday and after an international rescue effort, parts of the sub were found on the Ocean Floor. US Coast Guard said the debris discovered was consistent with a “catastrophic implosion”. Elsewhere, the Bank of England interest rate hike makes several front pages. ‘Sub 5 dead’ Many of the papers feature images of the five men lost in…

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