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South Carolina Highway Patrol troopers are asking the public for help finding a vehicle and its driver after it struck a moped and left the scene of the crash.

The social media giant has long been opposed to a Liberal bill, which passed into law Thursday, that would compel it and Google to strike deals with media publishers and face penalties if they don’t.

Bill C-18 has sparked fiery opposition from big tech, which has threatened to block access to news across Canada if the proposed legislation passes unchanged.

Meta’s move follows a similar tactic employed by Google earlier this year, which saw the global search giant launch a test that filtered out Canadian and international news content for some of its users in Canada.

The company says it wants to work out the kinks before permanently blocking news on its platforms when the Liberal government's online news act becomes law.

Meta’s move follows a similar tactic employed by Google earlier this year, which saw the global search giant launch a test that filtered out Canadian and international news content for some of its users in Canada.

The company says it wants to work out the kinks before permanently blocking news on its platforms when the Liberal government’s online news act becomes law.

News publishers say that if big tech platforms pull Canadian news content from their pages, the move could end smaller news businesses or result in millions of dollars in lost revenue.

News publishers say that if big tech platforms pull Canadian news content from their pages, the move could end smaller news businesses or result in millions of dollars in lost revenue.