Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Meta on Monday for blocking information about the wildfires on their social networks.

According to the Prime Minister, the objective puts profit before security by slowing down the flow of information.

Trudeau’s comments represent the government’s latest attack on Meta, which this month began blocking information on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada. in response to a new law forcing internet giants to pay for information.

“Facebook puts corporate profits before people’s safety,” Trudeau said at a televised news conference in the Atlantic province of Prince Edward Island, saying the company’s actions were “inconceivable”.

Last week, Liberal federal ministers called the ban reckless and irresponsible.. Some people fleeing the wildfires complained to national media that the ban prevented them from sharing important fire data.

“It’s time we waited for more from companies like Facebook, which make billions of dollars from Canadians,” Trudeau said in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island.

A spokesperson for Meta dthat Canadians continue to use their platforms to connect with their communities and access informationincluding content from official government agencies, emergency services and non-governmental organizations.

By Friday, more than 45,000 people had used Facebook. “Security Check” feature to make sure you are safe, and approximately 30,000 people have visited the crisis response pages in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and Kelowna, British Columbia, to ask help, according to the company.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer in Ottawa; Writing by David Ljunggren; Editing by Mark Porter, Nick Macfie and Sandra Maler)

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