[HN Gopher] Canadians will no longer have access to news content...
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       Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook
       and Instagram
        
       Author : mfiguiere
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2023-06-22 21:31 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.cbc.ca)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cbc.ca)
        
       | uberman wrote:
       | That seems to be an upgrade not a missing feature.
        
       | yuppie_scum wrote:
       | For the best
        
       | alphanullmeric wrote:
       | > "Meta and Google know my door is always open...but, I will not
       | accept threats"
       | 
       | Ironic
        
       | rfwhyte wrote:
       | [dead]
        
       | dadjoker wrote:
       | I have yet to figure out why anyone would rely on Facebook as a
       | news source
        
         | slyall wrote:
         | It is more a case of people who only use facebook and not any
         | other sites.
         | 
         | All this means is that they will no longer see links to
         | external news articles when they are reading facebook. So
         | effectively they won't see any news.
        
       | ThePowerOfFuet wrote:
       | Thank goodness. Maybe some echo chambers will even be ruptured in
       | the process!
        
         | masfuerte wrote:
         | I don't want to imagine the noxious fluid that would leak from
         | a ruptured echo chamber.
        
       | fsagx wrote:
       | It wasn't clear from the article if the blocking is based on the
       | account, or the geo-located endpoint (or both?). Will Canadians
       | in the US see news in their feed? Will a traveler from Trinidad
       | and Tobago see news while in Canada?
        
         | givemeethekeys wrote:
         | Law and enforcement is based on geography. For example,
         | Canadians in China don't have access to sites that Chinese
         | citizens don't, just because they're Canadian.
        
       | glonq wrote:
       | Better to be _uninformed_ than _misinformed_ , I suppose.
       | 
       | Pity that it's so difficult nowadays to be _accurately informed_
       | about anything.
        
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