Maybe I don't understand all the variables and factors at play, but it seems counterproductive to deal with Meta for any reason, about anything, and that Canadians are better off finding their news on platforms not controlled by US algorithms.

Bad idea. Negotiating with Meta is Negotiating with Nazi enablers. Just for that we should ban them

How about not

Guess what I have a few dead facebook accounts, my main one and my dunning Kruger account to troll antivaxers, the fact that they are just sitting there not being used it does not look good to advertisers to see dead accounts.

This would be a terrible concession to a corporation that produces AI agents that drive teenagers to suicide. There are people in the government that still believe that the best way to deal with Trump and his corporate associates is to appease them. The evidence is clear that this assumption is horribly misguided.

The sooner people get off Meta platforms, the better. Like many of us, I've had to keep my Facebook and Instagram accounts because it's the only way I can contact some people and it fucking sucks; they won't email, or use a messenger like Signal or Telegram, or even SMS. As someone who saw firsthand the rather quick implosion of multiple early social media sites, like MySpace, it is bloody annoying how Meta not only won't die, but is still popular. The lack of news sharing on Facebook did, however, get a few people I know to branch out from the Meta bubble so, anecdotally, I don't think it's wise negotiating to make Facebook more usable.