Une porte-parole de Meta, Lisa Laventure a annoncé le samedi 11 mars 2023 que l' entreprise menace de bloquer l' accès aux sites de nouvelles sur ses plateformes FacebookInstagram et style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, "serif""> if the federal online news bill is passed in its current form.

Meta has made the decision to block access to its platforms because the law, if passed, will require it to pay media for links or content that it did not post itself. In an email, the spokeswoman announced that & What; a legislative framework that would force us to pay for links or content that we did not publish ourselves and that are not the reason why a vast majority of people use our platforms is neither profitable nor viable.”

Pour le ministre du Patrimoine, Pablo Rodriguez, “c' est encore décevant de constater que Facebook ait recours aux menaces plutôt que collaborer de bonne foi avec le Canadian government . This tactic didn't work in Australia and it won't work here. ” Noted that Meta has used the same threats in other countries, such as the United States.