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Canadian news publishers worried about Meta’s new terms of service
Publishers concerned about new Meta terms
Canadian news companies say they’re worried about changes to Meta’s terms of service and want the company to clarify how they will be affected.
Meta’s changes to its terms of service, first reported by Neiman Lab, led some to suggest the terms could allow scraping of websites associated with a business account for AI training purposes.
Meta has now revised those terms but the anxiety has not abated. European and British publishers are asking governments and regulators to step in.
Publishers’ association News Media Canada said a statement that "like publisher associations everywhere, we’re very concerned and are seeking clarity."
The fact Meta blocked news content in Canada following the passage of the Online News Act in 2023 is creating additional uncertainty over how Canadian outlets could be affected by the new terms.
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters said its members have raised concerns and at a minimum, Meta should be transparent about how the new terms will affect Canadian outlets.
Association president Kevin Desjardins said there is an "obvious contradiction" and that Meta has blocked news "arguing that news provides insufficient value to its platforms."
"Yet it now appears to be seeking broad permissions to access and use content from publishers’ websites for its own commercial purposes," he said.
Desjardins said "Canadian broadcasters should not be put in a position where their journalism is unavailable to Canadians on Meta’s platforms, while Meta potentially reserves broad rights to exploit it."
In response to a question about how the terms apply in Canada, a Meta spokesperson said "the crawling terms we consolidated only applied to our ads and business products, and we've clarified that in the terms themselves.
"It does not change how Meta uses web crawlers. As always, content owners can use robots.txt to signal their preferences. This is not about scraping news sites, and these updates don't give us new rights that supersede those preferences.”
Various Canadian news publishers already use robots.txt to block bots from AI companies like OpenAI.
A number of Canadian news outlets, including The Canadian Press, have launched lawsuits against OpenAI and Anthropic over the use of copyrighted content for training AI systems.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2026.
By Anja Karadeglija | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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U.S. embassy accuses Canadian politicians of interfering in American elections
U.S. embassy accuses Canada of election meddling
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Keito Newman
The U.S. embassy in Canada has released a list of quotes from Canadian politicians which it says indicate "plans to influence American politics."
Industry Minister Melanie Joly is quoted five times in the list the embassy released today.
It includes context-free quotes from Joly about pressuring American businesses and targeting U.S. states, which addressed Canada's response to American-imposed tariffs.
In a news conference on Parliament Hill today, Prime Minister Mark Carney didn't directly address the accusations but pointed out that the United States initiated trade actions against Canada.
He said everything Canada has done since has been in the interests of Canadian workers and families.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who is also quoted in the U.S. embassy document, said he has no interest in interfering in American elections.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2026.
By The Canadian Press | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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RCMP raids Lion Electric headquarters in connection with investment fraud case
RCMP raids Lion Electric headquarters
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
The RCMP says it raided electric bus maker Lion Electric's headquarters north of Montreal on Wednesday morning in connection with an investment fraud case.
RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Martina Pillarova says dozens of officers are scouring the premises in Saint-Jérôme, Que., in a search that could last several days, but that no charges or arrests are expected at the moment.
She says police received complaints from more than a hundred investors and launched an investigation in February 2025.
Pillarova says the operation relates to the company's past activities, with no connection to its new owner.
Quebec's financial regulator said last week it was imposing a $1.1-million penalty on Claude Roy, an investor with ties to Lion, after he admitted to selling company shares in the six weeks before it went into bankruptcy protection in December 2024, avoiding nearly $800,000 in losses.
Lion began to churn out hundreds of electric school buses per year as well as some battery-powered trucks after going public in 2021, but it struggled to scale up further and wound up selling in 2025 for a fraction of its former value, with the Quebec government losing its $140-million investment.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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La panne majeure de Facebook : les réactions les plus hilarantes vues sur internet
Hier, une importante panne des réseaux Facebook et Instagram est survenue dans plusieurs régions à travers le monde : Canada, États-Unis, France, Japon, Inde, etc.
Pour certains, l'accès était carrément impossible et pour d'autres, il n'y avait pas moyen de publier sur la plateforme.
Pour l'instant, la cause derrière cette panne n'est pas connue, mais en attendant d'en connaître un peu plus sur le problème, plusieurs ont eu le plaisir de tourner la situation au ridicule et de se servir de Twitter comme "bouche-trou" le temps que tout revienne en ordre.
Voici un condensé des commentaires les plus hilarants publiés sur Twitter dans les dernières heures :
1. La recherche de likes
Facebook est en panne, les gens vont s'mettre à sortir dans les rues, montrer leur photo aux étrangers et demander : est-ce que tu l'aimes?! hein!?
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2. Les utilisateurs de Facebook qui s'initient à Twitter
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3. La réaction du monde quand Facebook a planté:
Facebook vient de planter! Je répète, Facebook vient de planter!!
... Puis, se grouiller à aller voir sur Twitter si t'es pas la seule personne à qui ça arrive...
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4. Quand les Twitter's fans sont contre les Facebook's fans.
Maintenant que Facebook est planté, on va commencé à se faire taguer par tout l'monde sans raisons...
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5. Quand tu te fais remplacer trop facilement...
6. La panique générale.
Facebook et Instagram ont crashé et la réaction des gens c'est :
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7. Les grandes questions existentielles.
Facebook et Instagram ont crashé... Est-ce que ça veut dire que les gens vont devoir se parler?
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8. T'as plus d'options alors...
Quand Facebook et Instagram plantent, mais que Twitter fonctionne toujours:
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9. Les gens qui s'en foutent...
Les abonnés Twitter sont genre:
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10. La fin.
Le retour à la réalité forcé:
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11. Quand le pire se produit au mauvais moment
Fallait que Facebook plante au moment où je répondais à un Quiz sur ma sorte de chips préférée...
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