‘Stupid and dangerous’: Meta’s news ban fuels anger amid Canada wildfires ...Middle East

As fires raged in Canada’s vast Northwest Territories earlier this month, officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people before the flames could reach the capital of Yellowknife. A citywide evacuation deadline loomed and ensuring residents had access to accurate information regarding emergency flights, road closures and temporary shelters was literally a matter of life and death. Yet despite pleas from politicians and journalists, Meta – the owner of popular social media sites Facebook and Instagram – refused to lift its block on news in Canada, raising alarm and anger across the nation of more than 40 million people. “The ban is still a stupid and dangerous thing,” Ollie William

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