Facebook is just following its playbook from a couple of years ago when Australia did the same thing. Eventually Facebook capitulated and made deals with media

Facebook is just following its playbook from a couple of years ago when Australia did the same thing. Eventually Facebook capitulated and made deals with media companies. It's a pretty dumb negotiating tactic to go ahead and prove that you have a lot of power over online content by threatening to remove it. Facebook is making the Canadian government's case for them.