Fri Jun 30, 2023 – 3:59 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Big Tech giant Google has declared Canadians will be blocked from accessing news in accordance with the Online News Act passed by the Trudeau government.
On June 29, Google joined Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, in promising to block news content for Canadian users as the newly passed Online News Act forces tech companies to pay publishers for content.
“We have now informed the government that when the law takes effect, we unfortunately will have to remove links to Canadian news from our Search, News and Discover products in Canada,” Google executive Kent Walker wrote in a blog post.
The act, condemned by both Meta and Google, is presented as an attempt to keep journalism alive in Canada by providing outlets with “fair compensation” if their content is published on social media platforms.
However, Bill C-18 gives the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) the power to determine which news content Canadians are permitted to view.
According to the bill, to be considered “eligible” for sharing, a news outlet must be “a qualified Canadian journalism organization” and produce “news content of public interest that is
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