CRTC wants to know whether Facebook is violating news link law

By Ahmad Hathout The CRTC is investigating whether Facebook has been allowing Canadian news on its platform in violation of the Online News Act. Meta, the parent of the social media giant, said it will not be sharing news links to Canadian news content because it disagrees with the new law that requires large technology platforms to pay Canadian news companies to host those links. But in a letter dated Friday, the CRTC’s executive director of broadcasting said it has fielded reports that the social media giant is still hosting the content. “As you know, in response to the Online News...