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Facebook’s parent company Meta is blocking all news content in Canada after the government demanded the media giant share profits with news companies. That’s a particular problem for people and agencies trying to get news about devastating wildfires in the country. A similar showdown is brewing in California as that state also ponders a revenue-sharing arrangement. The tussle over content affects both Native consumers and Native news operations.
GUESTS
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Diné), editor for Indian Country Today and vice president and board member of the Indigenous Journalists Association
Alex Freedman, executive director of the Community Radio Fund of Canada
Mike Rispoli, senior director of Free Press focusing on local news and civic information policy
Break 1 Music: Navajo Radio (song) Arigon Starr (artist) Meet the Diva (album)
Break 2 Music: Akua Tuta (song) Robbie Robertson (artist) Kashtin (album)
