Meta’s news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada::Canadians are calling on Meta to lift its news ban so they can share news about the wildfires in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia.

    • NathanielThomas@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      A lot of First Nations people check Facebook because their band will be advising them on evac orders and providing updates that literally nobody else in the world will be doing (not news, not BC, not Can Gov, not NGOs… well, potentially BC Fire Service).

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      2 years ago

      Have you tried rubbing a lamp?

      Facebook has been abusing people’s mental illnesses for decades. It will take more than a statement on lemmy to fix that.

      The fires are happening today.