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Meta fights CRTC, refuses to publicly release info on news blocking

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Summary
Nutrition label

75% Informative

Last year , the company blocked news from Facebook and Instagram in response to the Online News Act .

The legislation was aimed at Meta and Google and would have required Meta to compensate media outlets for displaying their content.

But users have found workarounds to continue to share news on the platforms.

VR Score

75

Informative language

72

Neutral language

75

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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