It comes after parliament passed a bill requiring tech giants to compensate publishers for news.

Canada’s Online News Act, which cleared the senate on Thursday, lays out rules requiring platforms like Meta and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news organisations for their content.

Google called the bill “unworkable” in its current form and said it was seeking to work with the government to find a “path forward”.

Meta has called the law “fundamentally flawed legislation that ignores the realities of how our platforms work”.

The Online News Act is expected to take effect in Canada in six months.

  • printerjammed@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    All in all this is bad for Canadians. I blame the gov, people should be able to see news from every source and make informed decisions

    • nicktron@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      You clearly don’t understand the situation. If you’re getting your news from Facebook you aren’t informed. You are spoon fed what Meta wants you to see.