After Canada attempted to force Facebook to subsidize far-left statis media by passing a news tax targeting social media, Facebook decided to simply no longer allow Canadian state media to be shared on their outlet. A study by the Media Ecosystem Observatory at the University of Toronto found the ban has done nothing to diminish Facebook traffic and interaction.
The study claimed, “We find little evidence that Facebook usage has been impacted by the ban. After the ban took effect, the collapse of Canadian news content production and engagement on Facebook did not appear to substantially affect users themselves. However, the ban undoubtedly had a major impact on Canadian news. Local news outlets have been particularly affected by the ban: while large, national news outlets were less reliant on Facebook for visibility and able to recoup some of their Facebook engagement regardless, hundreds of local news outlets have left the platform entirely, effectively gutting the visibility of local news content.”
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Excerpt from www.westernstandard.news
After opting to remove news content its platforms, a study from the Media Ecosystem Observatory at the University of Toronto and McGill found that Facebook has seen no loss in usership despite an overwhelmingly negative impact on Canadian news outlets.
That means instead of being forced to pay for news content, Meta has actually benefitted at the expense of the Liberal government in Ottawa.
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Paul Collier is the editor of The Freedomist newsite, our Weekday Reports, and our Monthly Publication, Freedomist Intelligence Advisor (previously McAlvany Intelligence Advisor). He has been involved in news publishing since 2003.
