I'm not sure if this is being talked about on here, but Facebook has stopped allowing people to share news in Canada because Facebook doesn't wanna pay out on the profits they get from the clicks.
We have wildfires raging everywhere and need to share information. Does anyone here have any ideas on how to circumvent their measures? Maybe alternative link generators or screenshotting the news and sharing the screenshots?
I feel like Facebook is about to go to court.
@lacuda I tested sharing the YouTube video version of a news story (re: West Kelowna fire) and it got through. Many, not all, news sites have the watch-on-YouTube version of the same clip they embed in their URLs- see if that works for you?
@lacuda here’s the link to the YT: https://youtu.be/-sHIsH61bQw
@lacuda Also direct links to verified government info (not news sites) still getting through on FB. Here is the link for the BC evacuations: https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca
@JGSchaeffer I've decided to take things into my own hands. I'm repurposing my YouTube channel I wanted to put gaming videos on, but never made use of. "Ethically Sourced Gossip". I figure I can maybe do videos talking about current events and share it that way.
@th3j35t3r I wanted to ask your opinion on this since you seem to be an expert on social media laws. Think this would be legal?
@JGSchaeffer @th3j35t3r and yes I went tongue-in-cheek with the channel tag inferring "F#ck U Facebook" and Bill C-18 😂