Google, Meta May Have to Pay Over CAD 230 Million in Canada Under Online News Act

[ad_1] Canada on Friday unveiled draft rules for a law designed to compel Alphabet‘s Google and Meta Platforms pay news outlets, saying Ottawa was addressing the companies’ concerns that they may be facing an uncapped liability. Canada’s Online News Act, part of a global trend to make Internet giants pay for news, became law in June … Read more

Meta Starts Blocking News in Canada on Facebook, Instagram Over Law on Paying Publishers

[ad_1] Meta Platforms has begun the process to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada, it said on Tuesday, in response to a law requiring internet giants to pay news publishers. The Canadian government quickly denounced the move as “irresponsible,” and said the world is watching the process play … Read more

Google to End News Access in Canada Over Law on Paying Publishers

[ad_1] Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers. Alphabet-owned Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when the law takes effect in about … Read more