The test was meant to assess the effects of a potential response to Bill C-18, the Liberal government’s Online News Act
Google said they have notified the heritage committee that it will voluntarily make their president of global affairs and chief legal officer, Kent Walker, and vice-president of news, Richard Gingras, available to meet with the committee. A date has yet to be scheduled.
On Feb. 9, Google started its five-week test that limited news access to less than four per cent of its Canadian users. Affected users were prevented from seeing news links on Google’s search engine and Discover panel on Android phones. Tech giants like Meta and Google have long fought against the proposed law, which would require them to negotiate deals that would compensate Canadian media companies for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online.
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