Users of Facebook It is Instagram Fr Canada We cannot see media news, as parent company Meta announced this July (06.22.2023), affirming that Ottawa has approved a bill that requires digital giants to pay for this content.
Google, another of those affected, indicated in advance that it was considering applying the same measure.
Silicon Valley giants opposed the Canadian bill, which aims to support the local press sector, which has seen publication closures over the past decade.
“Exciting news! (This is not a pun),” Heritage Minister Pablo Rodríguez tweeted after the bill was passed by the Senate, the final step before becoming law.
Rodríguez said Meta’s decision to block news content was regrettable, but promised to “defend Canadians against tech giants.”
Your Workshop says it will meet with Facebook and Google this week and expects further meetings to discuss the new law.
Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attacked Meta for testing news content from some Canadian users, saying the company was “deeply irresponsible” in refusing to pay journalists for their work.
Opposition to the bill, I said, was “unfair and dangerous for our democracy, for our economy.”
In February, Google also temporarily limited access to news to Canadian users of its popular search engine.
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