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I hit my first instance of Meta blocking Canadian news content.
(media.cosocial.ca)
I hit my first instance of Meta blocking Canadian news content.
Rachael sent me a story from #CBCVancouver via Instagram messages.
The thumbnail is visible in messages (1), but when I click, I get the restricted message (2)
I wasn’t following the CBCVancouver account, and when I search for and visit the profile, I get a different message (3)
I guess Rachael hasn’t had this rolled out to her account yet.
Remember, there are no good guys in this #BillC18 debacle.
We disagree on this point, I think the news orgs are the good guys.
Why? Because groups like Meta are profiting from scaping the site without compensation. It's not like Meta is simply showing the headline and thumbnail, they are showing some of the content from the article itself.
Meta's not giving free promotion, they are profiting off of the content of others.
Edit: it looks like the information that Facebook shows is consensual via "Open Graph"
They are showing the content found in the
og:descriptionmeta tag. The "og" bit stands for Open Graph, which is a protocol developed by Facebook so that news sites could define the content they want Facebook to show.If news sites don't want Facebook to display this information, they could stop using Open Graph, but a quick check of the major sites in Canada reveals that Open Graph use is omnipresent.
Funny, that.
I wasn't aware of Open Graph, thanks for bringing it up