Media Fail: Usage Remains Strong on Facebook After Meta’s Canada News Link Ban

Posted on August 29, 2023

Meta’s decision to ban news links in Canada after the country’s parliament enacted a law to bail out left-leaning legacy media companies by imposing a “link tax” on tech platforms like Facebook has not damaged the company’s user numbers.

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