EXCLUSIVE: Meta and Alphabet will pull back from news distribution in more countries if forced to pay for content, the CEO of leading Canadian public network CBC/Radio Canada has predicted. Catheri…
The bill the Canada government passed (with pressure from Canadian news agencies) will only effect Canadians for the time being.
Right now for example trying to find a link to Canadian News on a few social media sites is getting hard. We still have the option of going direct to our news sites (though not sure if search engine will also be required to remove links to Canadian news sites).
For this to effect the US a similar bill would need to be passed.
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Neat … just in time for the upcoming US elections
I wonder what’s going to happen to information sharing leading up the election of the leader of one of the most powerful nations in the world.
The bill the Canada government passed (with pressure from Canadian news agencies) will only effect Canadians for the time being.
Right now for example trying to find a link to Canadian News on a few social media sites is getting hard. We still have the option of going direct to our news sites (though not sure if search engine will also be required to remove links to Canadian news sites).
For this to effect the US a similar bill would need to be passed.