Online News Act
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Australia Finalizes Its Plan to Force Tech Platforms to Pay News Media
Meta calls it a discriminatory tax. The White House calls it extortion.
Canada’s Online News Act Fuels Big Media, Harms Independent Outlets
Google agrees to a multi-million dollar deal, concerns grow over the exclusion of independent media from critical funding.
Canadian Government Rewrites Online News Act (Bill C-18) in a Way That Excludes Smaller Outlets and Reserves Most of the Funds for Legacy Media
Reinforcing corporate media monopolies.
Justin Trudeau’s Online News Act Has Caused a News Blackout as Wildfires Rage
Trudeau’s authoritarian push, an attempt to force Facebook to pay legacy media, has backfired.
Meta Starts Blocking Canadian News Sites in Response to Liberal Government’s Shakedown
The government wants Meta to hand over cash to struggling mainstream media.
Canada Pulls Ads From Meta After It Refused to Hand Cash to Failing Legacy News Outlets
News outlets won’t fix their dying business model so the government thinks Facebook should prop them up.
Canada Is Trying to Force Meta to Pay News Outlets for Letting Users Link to News Articles
So Facebook and Instagram will block news sharing in Canada.
Canadian MP Lisa Hepfner Says There’s No Such Thing as an Online Outlet
Lobbyists are trying to boost mainstream media dominance and lawmakers don’t understand the media landscape.
Proposed Canadian Law Would Force Facebook and Google to Pay Mainstream Media Outlets $329.2M per Year
Maintaining the dominance of mainstream media.
Canadian Bill Considers Forcing Big Tech to Pay Mainstream Media Outlets
Following ideas from Australia.
