The restricted access to global and Canadian news sites will continue for five weeks, according to Google spokesperson
, which would force the company and other tech giants to compensate news organizations for using their work.
But the office of federal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez sharply condemned the move, saying Canadians won’t be intimidated by the tactic.Facebook, which in October said it would not rule out blocking Canadians’ access to news if the online news legislationIn Australia, in 2021, Facebook temporarily blocked access to news on its platforms in response to a similar law. Australians woke up to find that Facebook pages with local and world news sites were unavailable.
Ms. Scaffidi said. “At the end of the day, all we’re asking the tech giants to do is compensate journalists when they use their work.” “In the same way Australians would not allow themselves to be intimidated and threatened by social media giants, nor will we.” “We’ve been fully transparent about our concern that C-18 is overly broad and, if unchanged, could impact products Canadians use and rely on every day,” Google’s Mr. Purdy said. “We remain committed to supporting a sustainable future for news in Canada and offering solutions that fix Bill C-18.”
Some Canadian news organizations, including The Globe and Mail, have already made compensation agreements with big tech platforms.
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