What happened when Meta restricted news in Canada?
Publisher |
ABC Podcasts
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Daily News
News
Publication Date |
Apr 03, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:08:55

Facebook has officially closed its news tab in Australia, as its parent company Meta - which also owns Instagram - considers completely banning news content completely in Australia.

That's already happened in Canada, where news organisations saw huge declines in online audiences and readers were instead flooded with memes.

Guest Professor Taylor Owen is the Director of The Center for Media, Technology and Democracy, and an Associate Professor in the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University

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