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A resident of Niagara Falls in New York would be able to read Facebook posts by Canadian news organizations while those living across the border in Niagara Falls, Ont., would not

A resident of Niagara Falls in New York would be able to read Facebook posts by Canadian news organizations while those living across the border in Niagara Falls, Ont., would not

A resident of Niagara Falls in New York would be able to read Facebook posts by Canadian news organizations while those living across the border in Niagara Falls, Ont., would not

A resident of Niagara Falls in New York would be able to read Facebook posts by Canadian news organizations while those living across the border in Niagara Falls, Ont., would not

A resident of Niagara Falls in New York would be able to read Facebook posts by Canadian news organizations while those living across the border in Niagara Falls, Ont., would not

A resident of Niagara Falls in New York would be able to read Facebook posts by Canadian news organizations while those living across the border in Niagara Falls, Ont., would not

Meta said in a statement today that news availability will be ended on Facebook and Instagram prior to the Online News Act taking effect. The company said, "We have repeatedly shared that in order to comply with Bill C-18, passed today in Parliament, content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters, will no longer

Meta says it will ban news article sharing on its platforms after Canada passes the Online News Act, which mandates compensation from online platforms to news sites.

Ottawa law Prof. Michael Geist says there's very low economic value to Meta for having news content on its social media feeds. 'Facebook is far more important to the news sector than the news sector is to Facebook,' Geist says.

And how to confront it. Because without the truth, there can be no reconciliation.