Showing posts with label Incidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Incidents. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Technical Glitch Temporarily Restricts News Access for Canadian Users on Meta's Threads Platform, Company Reports

Technical Glitch Temporarily Restricts News Access for Canadian Users on Meta's Threads Platform, Company Reports

 Meta has successfully addressed a bug that temporarily hindered some Threads users in Canada from accessing and sharing news on the app, as confirmed by a company spokesperson to Engadget. Despite Meta's earlier removal of news content from Canadian users' Facebook and Instagram feeds this year, the block did not extend to Threads.However, a subset of Threads users became uncertain about this status when alerts suggested otherwise. A notice bearing Threads branding stated, "People in Canada can't view this content," further adding, "Content from news publishers can't be viewed in Canada in response to Canadian government legislation."The extent and duration of the bug's occurrence remain unclear, with reports emerging on Monday and some users still experiencing issues viewing links as of Tuesday morning. Expressing frustration, user Pedro Marques posted on Monday, "Well... that sucks. @meta is escalating their news blocking in Canada, previously only on Facebook and Instagram, now on...