Canada’s federal government has said it will pull all its advertising from Facebook and Instagram.
It follows parent company Meta’s move to restrict news content for Canadians after parliament passed a law that will force tech firms to pay media for news.
Canadian officials said on Wednesday that they stand by the law and will not be “intimidated” by Meta.
They said they have been in contact with other countries who plan to pass similar laws.
I must be a bad person because I just can’t seem to care about this at all.
In Justin Trudeau Mark Zuckerberg fortunately found someone even more loathed than himself to have a fight with. I can’t pick a side.
“We’re not backing down on this. This goes to the core of a free and informed society that is able to take responsible decisions in a democracy,” says PM Trudeau when asked about possible next steps on C-18 following govt’s suspension of its ads on Facebook & Instagram.#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/4fGCeCwEbP
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) July 5, 2023
