Meta and Google forced to pay for news in Canada
TL;DR
Meta will end news content sharing on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada before the Online News Act (Bill C-18) takes effect. The bill will force tech giants like Meta and Google to negotiate compensation deals with news organizations over sharing of links to news content produced by publishers and broadcasters. The bill has cleared the Senate but still awaits royal assent before it formally becomes law.
- Meta to pull plug on news sharing in Canada POLITICO
- Live news: Meta to block news in Canada after government passes online content bill Financial Times
- Canadian Senate passes bill requiring Google, Meta to pay for news The Washington Post
- 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 Passes Law Forcing Facebook, Google to Pay Media for Links The Wall Street Journal
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