Why won't Meta just stop showing Italian news now?

nothinkjustai 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Meta does this in Canada. These same media outlets need to be funded by the government to survive, and as such treats the government with kid gloves, very little criticism, deflection, bias etc.

So I’d say that deal is working well for both the legacy media & the Canadian government.

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MattDamonSpace 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes

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iso1631 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why do they show Italian news before?

Because it makes them money.

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rick_dalton 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Canada passed a similar bill a few years ago causing meta to stop showing Canadian news content on their platforms. It didn’t really impact them financially or user wise. So the same thing will probably happen in Italy.

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halostatue 15 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Frankly, the Canadian government needs to come down on them for the misleading and untruthful message that they post when Facebook censors news links.

It is past time that American companies are restrained from acting like boorish American tourists in other countries.

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einszwei 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Canadian news might've been easier to replace with American news outlets due to the deep ties between the two and the shared language. I doubt this would be the case for Italian news.

	▲	nitwit005 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They also removed the news tab in the US. The news organizations seem dependent on social media, but the reverse does not appear true.
	▲	mb7733 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		All news links are blocked on FB in Canada, including American sources

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shevy-java 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Soon they can only show US news. Then they become irrelevant to the rest of the world.

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MattDamonSpace 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No, ads make them money. Users see the ads because they view their feeds.

It’s been proven in other markets that removing News from the feed doesn’t decrease engagement. Meta will continue to make money, and Italian news sites will see their traffic vanish.

Turns out they’re simply not valuable in the way they used to be, and country after country is learning this