Commentary The long-anticipated showdown between Canada and Google on Bill C-18 is nigh. When the imaginary pistols are drawn, and the invisible bullets are fired, the reputation of this country could be shattered beyond reproach. Bill C-18, or an Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada, was first…
Michael Taube: Why Canada Will Join a Rogues’ List If Bill C-18 Passes
Google Tests Blocking News Content for Some Canadians in Response to Government Bill
Google is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content in what the company says is a test run of a potential response to the Liberal government’s online news bill. Also known as Bill C-18, the Online News Act would require digital giants such as Google and Meta, which owns Facebook, to negotiate deals that…
Peter Menzies: Extortion, Dependency, and Media Welfare: The Liberals’ Bill C-18
Commentary Twenty years ago, the newspaper I worked for turned an easy $50 million-plus a year in profit. Less than three months ago, its building was sold and remnants of its once-bustling newsroom work from their homes. Its owners increasingly depend on federal government assistance, the latest version of which, the Online News Act (Bill…
Senator Says Bills C-11 and C-18 ‘Penalize Success’
Bills C-11 and C-18, which would give the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) more power over Canadians’ online communication, “penalize innovation success by propping up individuals that are less successful,” says Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos. “Governments, bureaucrats, and the Canadian Radio-television and CRTC should not be the ones deciding on what pops up on our…
Chamber of Commerce Warns of ‘Serious Threat to Privacy of Canadians’
A parliamentary committee has requested internal and external documents from tech companies to see what kind of discussions they are having around upcoming legislation in Canada—a move that critics say violates privacy rights and sets a precedent for such probes. The House of Commons heritage committee wants to see what big tech companies Meta and…
Google to Stop Blocking News for Some Canadian Users Next Week, MPs Hear
Google executives appearing before a House of Commons committee on March 10 said the online search-engine giant would stop running tests next week that are currently blocking news content for some Canadian users. Google said in late February that it had blocked news for some Canadians as part of a test it was running in…
Commons Committee Summons Google Execs on News Links Blocking
A House of Commons committee decided on Feb. 28 to summon Google executives to testify over the company’s decision to test the blocking of news links in response to the Liberal government’s Bill C-18. “I think it’s important for Parliament to take a look and see what Google is doing, I don’t particularly like their…
MPs Want Google Execs to Testify on Blocking of News Links
Google’s blocking of links to news articles for some Canadians in response to the Liberal government’s bill C-18 will be discussed at a special House of Commons committee on Feb. 28, with MPs seeking to hear from the company’s leadership. Seven members of the Heritage committee wrote to the Liberal Chair Hedy Fry requesting the…
Trudeau Says Google Blocking Canadians From Accessing News Content ‘A Terrible Mistake’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Google made “a terrible mistake” after the U.S. tech giant said earlier this week that it blocked access to some Canadian news content, which it described as a test run of a possible response to the Liberal government’s online bill. “It really surprises me that Google has decided that they’d…
Google Blocking Canadians From Accessing News Content ‘A Terrible Mistake,’ Trudeau Says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Google made “a terrible mistake” after the U.S. tech giant said earlier this week that it blocked access to some Canadian news content, which it described as a test run of a possible response to the Liberal government’s online bill. “It really surprises me that Google has decided that they’d…
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