She described to AFP how"insanely difficult" it has been for herself and other evacuees to find verifiable information about the fires blazing across the near-Arctic territory and other parts of Canada."And when you're in an emergency situation, time is of the essence," she said, explaining that many Canadians until now have relied on social media for news.
Building on similar legislation introduced in Australia, the Bill aims to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen a flight of advertising dollars and hundreds of publications closed in the last decade. Ollie Williams, director of Cabin Radio in the far north, called Meta's move to block news sharing"stupid and dangerous."
They"found other ways to share" information, he said, such as taking screen shots of news articles and sharing them from personal - rather than corporate - social media accounts.Several large newspapers in Canada such as The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star have launched campaigns to try to attract readers directly to their sites.
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