On the same day that the Liberal government’s Bill C-18 received royal assent and passed into law, U.S. tech giant Meta announced it would be blocking content from news outlets for Canadian users in order to comply with the new legislation. The Online News Act requires that online platforms and digital news intermediaries like Google and…
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Meta Reaffirms Plan to Block News Access in Canada If Bill C-18 Passes
May 8, 2023
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A representative for the tech giant Meta said Monday that the company plans to block access to Canadian news content on its platforms if Parliament passes Bill C-18, which mandates that the company pay news publishers for hosting content. “Ultimately, this legislation puts Meta in an unfavourable situation. In order to comply, we have to…
Google Canada Tells Senate Bill C-18 Would Create Unreasonable Financial Liability
Google Canada has told senators that it would be reasonable to reconsider whether it shares links to news sites if the government’s online news bill becomes law, but it is not promising to block them. Richard Gingras, the vice-president of the company’s news division, told a Senate committee Wednesday that Google has shared its concerns…
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