Overview

• Meta is temporarily blocking some Canadian users from accessing news content on Facebook and Instagram to protest a proposed law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for sharing their content.
• The block will affect between 1 to 5 percent of Meta's 24 million Canadian users, with the numbers fluctuating during the multi-week test.
• The test comes in response to Canada's Online News Act, which would force platforms like Meta and Google to negotiate deals to pay Canadian news publishers for their content.
• Meta has warned it may permanently block news content for Canadians if the bill passes as is.
• Google has also tested blocking news access for some Canadian users in response to the proposed legislation.