The meeting was set after Google blocked news stories from appearing in some people’s searches in response to the government’s Bill C\u002D18.
The Online News Act would require Google and Facebook parent company Meta to reach commercial deals with publishers. Postmedia, publisher of the National Post, is in favour of the legislation, which is currently in front of the Senate.
In the opening statement, Geremia told the MPs legislation to force Google and Facebook to share revenues with news publishers has “some very serious problems.”Article content Google’s opening remarks at committee outlined a number of concerns with the bill, including that the exemption and eligibility criteria are too broad, that the bill doesn’t sufficiently commit to a code of ethics for eligibility, and has “unreasonable timelines and unfair arbitration provisions.”
Bittle asked the company to expedite the production of those documents. “We may be needing to speak to the law clerk about further actions involving Google, because this has been wholly unacceptable,” he said.
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