Canadian Government Resumes Meta Advertising ⇥ thestar.com

Patty Winsa, Toronto Star:

The federal government has reversed its advertising boycott of Meta spending nearly $300,000 for campaigns on the company’s Facebook and Instagram social media platforms.

The reversal comes despite Meta’s continued ban on posting news from Canadian media sites.

This was retaliation for Meta’s restriction on news links in Canada which was, itself, a response to link tax legislation. But what a time to resume spending on a platform publicly and loudly aligning itself with a government that really does want to take over our country. It sure sucks that one of the most effective ways for the Canadian government to advertise to Canadians is necessarily through the U.S. duopoly.