The social media giant #Meta … will end access to #news … for all Canadian users before Bill #C-18, the Online News Act, comes into force.
C-18 is modelled after a law in Australia… that first forced digital companies to pay for the use of news content.
Google threatened to shut down access to the search engine in that country…. The company ultimately relented and cut deals…
"Facebook made the same threat. They left Australia for a week, then they came back…"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634
C-18 is modelled after a law in Australia… that first forced digital companies to pay for the use of news content.
Google threatened to shut down access to the search engine in that country…. The company ultimately relented and cut deals…
"Facebook made the same threat. They left Australia for a week, then they came back…"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634