2 ms·
Interesting point: > Despite the ban, news organization content is still available on Meta platforms through work-around strategies like screengrabs, with 36%
by zmmmmm 2y ago
Interesting point:
> Despite the ban, news organization content is still available on Meta platforms through work-around strategies like screengrabs, with 36% of Canadian users reporting encountering news or links to news on Facebook or Instagram. This arguably should make Meta subject to the requirements of the Online News Act.
I wonder if this will be a new argument from the news media lobbyists. It will loom as a new type of threat similar to removal of safe harbour protections : if web sites have to take full liability for what their users post and no amount of active measures to prevent infringing content are sufficient to relieve that, we arrive back at the end-game where user generated content is just not viable except for the giant monopolists that can pay off rights holders or defend against the liability.