The federal government has quietly started talks with Meta about restoring news on Facebook and Instagram, according to The Globe and Mail. Meta blocked Canadian news on its platforms in 2023 after Ottawa passed the Online News Act, to comply with the new legislation. The law would have required large tech companies to pay news publishers for sharing their content on Facebook and Instagram. Google later agreed to pay $100 million a year under the act, but Meta chose to stop news sharing altogether. People on Facebook now just share full text or screenshots of news articles, resulting in publishers not getting clicks and ad revenue.