‘It scares the sh*t out of me’: Digital publishers worry about the future of journalism following Meta’s Canadian news ban
Digital publishers are sounding the alarm over Meta’s impact on news consumption and its potential consequences for the future of journalism in Australia.
The concerns have been amplified by recent events in Canada, where the tech giant made the controversial decision to block news content altogether in response to new legislation.
Canada’s Online News Act, which became law on June 22 and requires tech giants to pay publishers for news content, was also met with resistance by Google.
This is already happening on X and the onus is on the public to fact check. With more people seeking news they deem “unbiased”, this was always going to be a shift that was coming whether major mastheads were ready for it or not.