Alphabet Inc.’s Google said Thursday that it will be removing Canadian news on its feeds when a law requiring payment takes effect. In a blog post, Kent...
Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG GOOGL Google said Thursday that it will be removing Canadian news on its feeds when a law requiring payment takes effect. In a blog post, Kent Walker, head of global affairs, said Canada’s recently passed Online News Act, which would require tech companies to pay news outlets for linking to content, posed structural issues that Google did not believe could be resolved by regulatory processes.
said it was ending news sharing in Canada because of the law.
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