iTWire - Canada passes online content law, Meta says no more publishing of news
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Friday, 23 June 2023 09:42
Canada passes online content law, Meta says no more publishing of news Featured
By Sam Varghese
The Canadian parliament has approved a law that will force digital platforms such as Facebook and Google to pay publishers for the news they use.
A Reuters report said the Online News Act was approved by the Senate, the upper chamber of the parliament, on Thursday and was expected to be approved shortly.
In response, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, said: "Today, we are confirming that news availability will be ended on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada prior to the Online News Act taking effect."
Google spokesperson Jenn Crider told iTWire in response to a query: "We’re doing everything we can to avoid an outcome that no-one wants.
"So far, none of our concerns have been addressed. Bill C-18 is about to become law and remains unworkable. We are continuing to urgently seek to work with the government on a path forward."
The law forces digital platforms to negotiate with publishers and work out deals to pay them for their content. It is similar to the law that was passed in Australia in 2021.
In February, Google indicated that it was testing blocking news to some users ahead of the legislation being voted on.
And last October, Meta threatened to block the sharing of news feeds in Canada — similar to what it did in Australia — if Canada went ahead with putting the law in place.
When the Australian Government tried to push through its News Media Bargaining Code in 2021, digital platforms, chiefly Facebook and Google, lined up in opposition.
The code was derived from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Digital Platforms Inquiry report which was handed to the government in June 2019.
Negotiations between digital platforms and news organisations went on for a while, with the provisions for the code being passed into law in February 2021.
But there was plenty of resistance from the digital platforms and though Google took a more low-key stance, Facebook upped the ante and blocked the ingress of news content into Australia.
The government hurried to placate Facebook and made numerous changes to the legislation after which the social media company reversed its block on content.
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