The Canadian Prime Minister is holding firm against threats from Meta and Google to block news in the country in protest of the Online News Act.
“The fact that these internet giants would rather cut off Canadians’ access to local news than pay their fair share is a real problem, and now they’re resorting to bullying tactics to try and get their way—it’s not going to work,” Trudeau said to reporters, as quoted in Reuters.released official statements on the Online News Act.
Meta’s president of Global Affairs Nick Clegg claimed in a statement Meta only fairly benefits from users sharing news on the platform. Clegg further said that users don’t come to Facebook and Instagram for news, but to share the “ups and downs of life.” Google Canada’s vice president and Country Managing Director Sabrina Geremia wrote that the Online News Act could create a lower standard of journalism.
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