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One year after news ban, Canadian journalism is suffering — but Meta isn’t budging

Losing the ability to share news on Facebook has hurt Theresa Blackburn’s bottom line and her newspaper’s ability to serve…

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Politics

Israel denies link to Islamophobic campaign in Canada that Meta says originated there

The Israeli government is being accused in published reports of involvement in an operation aimed at reducing support for Palestinians…

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Nova Scotia

Meta has new anti-sextortion tools, but some say they’re ‘far too little, far too late’ to protect youth

Warning: This story deals with suicide. If you or someone you know has been the victim of sexual extortion, or is struggling…

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Business

Meta says Facebook, Instagram issues resolved after outage hits hundreds of thousands of users

Meta Platforms said it resolved issues with Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday afternoon following a global outage that hit the sister social media platforms, affecting hundreds of thousands…

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Business

Meta will label AI-generated images from OpenAI, Google and other companies

Meta Platforms will begin detecting and labelling images generated by other companies’ artificial intelligence services in the coming months, using…

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Canada

Meta offers Canadian Facebook users $51M to settle lawsuit in 4 provinces

Meta is offering $51 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in four Canadian provinces over the use of some users’…

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Halifax

Casino Nova Scotia and New Brunswick warn of phishing scam through Meta platforms

SYDNEY, N.S. — Great Canadian Entertainment, owners of Moncton’s Casino New Brunswick and Casino Nova Scotia locations in Halifax and…

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Politics

Some parties have cut back on Meta advertising — but experts say it’s a hard habit to kick

Federal political parties have diverged in their approaches to advertising on Facebook since legislation meant to support the news industry touched…

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Politics

Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $234 million to Canadian media

The federal government has put a price tag on what it would like to see Google and Facebook spend under…

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Politics

Canadian media trained audiences to use Facebook. With Meta blocking news, what’s next?

Canadian news publishers haven’t given up hope that Meta will lift a ban on Canadian news, but in the meantime, they’re scrambling…

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