News broadcasters, publishers call on Competition Bureau to investigate Meta’s news blocking

GATINEAU, OTTAWA and TORONTO – The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada and print and digital news association News Media Canada (NMC) have jointly applied to the Competition Bureau to investigate Meta’s alleged abuse of its dominant market position, after the social media giant last week began officially blocking news content in Canada on Facebook and Instagram. Meta had threatened back in June to end news availability on its platforms in Canada in response to the passing of the Online News Act, and on Aug. 1 it began the process to do that, saying the changes would be implemented over the...