A new survey suggests that most Canadians feel news should be free and accessible for anyone, while also believing that media will find other ways to make money.
Leger conducted a national online survey of 1,564 people over the weekend to seek opinions about the Liberal government's Online News Act.
In response to the bill, Meta removed news from its social platforms Facebook and Instagram, irking respondents of the survey. "There's opposition to the fact they would not get their news whenever they want, wherever they want." Bourque said there's a sentiment of:"It's there, it's out there. I should be entitled to have access to it."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has often said that Meta is refusing to"pay their fair share" because they chose to remove local news from their platforms instead of negotiating deals with publishers, as the law requires. News companies have long relied on subscribers, viewers and advertisers to deliver revenues, but in recent years have watched each of those sources decrease.
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