Canada Implements New Laws Requiring Tech Giants to Pay for News
TL;DR
Meta has announced that it will restrict news on Facebook and Instagram for Canadian users after the country passed a controversial online news bill. The Online News Act requires big platforms like Meta and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news organisations for their content. Meta has called the law "fundamentally flawed legislation that ignores the realities of how our platforms work". Google has also criticised the bill, calling it "unworkable". The law is expected to take effect in Canada in six months.
- Facebook and Instagram to restrict news access in Canada BBC
- Meta to pull news from Facebook in Canada after Parliament passes Bill C-18 The Washington Post
- Meta to pull plug on news sharing in Canada POLITICO
- Opinion: The best thing the government could do to save the media is to stop trying to save the media The Globe and Mail
- Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law Yahoo Finance
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