Google has embarked on a quiet, parallel campaign to foment opposition to the Online News Act
, the European Commission’s legislative attempt to regulate online commerce and “gatekeeper platforms,” as well as enhance online safety and crack down on misinformation.The Logic
According to Chris Ragan, Gardner first suggested the McGill dinner as an informal prelude to Newsgeist, the yearly invitation-only conference of journalists, publishers and tech types co-sponsored by Google and the Knight Foundation. “Sue Gardner said, ‘Google does this thing called Newsgeist, and it’s going to come to Montreal this year.’ And she introduced me to Richard Gingras, and said it might be an interesting thing to have a dinner. And I said, ‘This is a great idea,’” Ragan said.
The evening was an attempt to recast legislative efforts to fund journalism in the country as a government power grab
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