(Reuters) -Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it has begun the process to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada.
The decision is a fallout of a legislation passed by Canadian parliament that would force platforms like Google parent Alphabet and Meta to negotiate commercial deals and pay Canadian news publishers for their content.
Such a legislation is also part of a broader global trend to make tech firms pay for news.
“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,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said on X social media platform, previously known as Twitter.
(Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
