Unintended fallout from the federal government's ‘Online News Act.’
The law would have forced Google and Facebook to make regular payments to Canadian media outlets to replace the ad revenue those tech platforms have siphoned over the last 20 years.
In response, Google agreed to make the payments. Facebook went another direction. They just banned all news links in Canada.
Thank you so much for this! I didn’t know! Why are they blocking Canadian news since 2 years ago???
Unintended fallout from the federal government's ‘Online News Act.’
The law would have forced Google and Facebook to make regular payments to Canadian media outlets to replace the ad revenue those tech platforms have siphoned over the last 20 years.
In response, Google agreed to make the payments. Facebook went another direction. They just banned all news links in Canada.
Incredible. Thank you!