Meta starts removing news content from Facebook, Instagram in Canada

However, according to notifications sent to users in Canada, the news blackout may not apply only to Canadian outlets but will impacts news from international media as well, including those from India like this newspaper.

In a tweet on Tuesday, Meta’s communications director Andy Stone said, “Today we’ve begun the process of ending news availability in Canada. Changes will roll out over a few weeks. As we’ve always said, the law is based on a fundamentally flawed premise. And, regrettably, the only way we can reasonably comply is to end news availability in Canada.”

The law that he referred to was the Online News Act, which was passed last month but has yet to be enforced as it goes through a regulatory process.