Canada firm on Online News Act, but 'optimistic' of Google buy-in

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TORONTO, Oct 7 ― Canada “will not back down” in the face of tech giants' opposition to a new law requiring companies like Google and Meta to pay publishers for news...

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But in a release late yesterday, Google said it continues to have “serious concerns” with the act and called on Ottawa to consider redrafting it. “Google has been participating and collaborating throughout the entire process and on the other hand, Meta chose to ban news in Canada even though the act is not even currently enforced.”

The two companies control about 80 per cent of all online advertising revenues in Canada, worth billions of dollars. “We are trying to strike the right balance,” she said, aware that other nations are watching and interested in how this will play out.“Canada is only the second jurisdiction in the world to enact this type of bargaining framework,” after Australia.Contacted by AFP, Google Canada maintained yesterday that “critical structural issues” with the bill “have not been sufficiently addressed.”

 

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