Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said at a committee this week that his door is open to the tech giants to talk about the bill but he would not respond to threats.
Up to 1.2 million Canadians are to have their ability to view or share news on Facebook blocked this month in tests of its response to Ottawa’s online news bill.
Paul Deegan President and CEO of News Media Canada, which represents the news industry, questioned Facebook’s decision to restrict access to news reports as wildfires raged. The tests blocking access to news will affect between 1 and 5 per cent of Facebook’s 24 million users in Canada, as well as some users of Instagram, which is also owned by Meta.
The social media platform withdrew access to news in Australia in response to a similar law, and restored it after the Australian government agreed to make changes that lessened the legislation’s impact on the platform.
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