Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced that Canadian users will no longer have access to news content on its sites before the Online News Act comes into force. The law will force tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay news outlets for their journalism on their platforms. Meta first threatened to end access to news content earlier this month in response to the bill. The company said it was conducting tests on ending news access for between one and five per cent of the 24 million Canadians that use Facebook or Instagram.

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