A ban on news during bushfires?
When you are in an climate emergency with bushfires, floods and storms you need rapid communication. The reliance on Facebook/Meta/ Instagram/ X platforms etc could be deadly when they could just be blocked as shown in the Canadian case with 5,814 wild fires.

How is Meta’s news ban affecting communications amid Canada wildfires?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/18/how-is-meta-news-ban-affecting-communications-amid-canada-wildfires-facebook

Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing
"The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta (META.O) lift a "reckless" ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country."
https://www.reuters.com/technology/canada-demands-meta-lift-ban-news-allow-fires-info-be-shared-2023-08-18/

Go Fediverse now
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse

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