Meta’s news ban in Canada: screenshots win, local news loses, study shows

OTTAWA — The time, money and effort Iain Burns put into growing an audience on Facebook for several local news outlets in British Columbia felt like it disappeared in a single day. 
Facebook pages for Now Media Group, which publishes news in B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, have since gone dark. 
Last August, Meta removed news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for Canadian users in response to the Liberal government’s Online News Act. 
As the managing editor with No