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The Government of Canada is pulling its advertising on Facebook.
Responding to Meta blocking news on its platforms there over a new law requiring platform owners to negotiate with and pay news publishers for content, Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez announced the country will no longer buy ads on Facebook:
We cannot continue paying advertising dollars to Meta while they refuse to pay their fair share to Canadian news organizations.
Two major Canadian firms, Quebecor and Cogeco Communications, also announced they and their subsidiaries are suspending advertising on Meta’s platforms.
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