I have a question for Meta about the impact of the Online News Act and the effect it's having on local journalism.
I've heard, in my community and from Canadians across the country who work in the news space, that when this law was passed, they then saw their traffic, which was coming to them for free from Facebook, hit a wall. It dropped right off. In some cases it caused outlets to lay off journalists. In some cases it caused them to close.
I'm curious about whether you have measured that impact. However, I would also like to know about the space opened up when reputable and accredited journalists, independent journalists, have left, and their space is now being filled by other actors, and also about the potential for the spread of misinformation in the place of news that was previously being sought out and shared on your platform.