As Bill C-18 becomes law, social media sites vow to block access to news, plus other letters for June 26: ‘Bye bye, Facebook. No extra revenue from me.’

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Open this photo in gallery: Facebook followed through with its threat to end millions of Canadians’ ability to access and share news on its platform, as the federal government’s Online News Act gained royal assent.DADO RUVIC/Reuters Feeding Facebook Re “Facebook to pull news access in Canada as Bill C-18 becomes law” (June 23): Facebook is not the culprit here. It directs readers to news outlets, which earn millions from the redirected readers’ digital hits. The concern that publishers will lose millions says it all: Facebook was providing the publishers a free service. Bill C-18 was a shakedown on behalf of...