Canada’s new act is modeled after a similar law passed in Australia in 2021, which also requires companies like Meta and Google to pay a negotiated fee for news content or enter arbitration if a ...

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law The Google fight with the country echoes a similar battle in Australia, where the tech industry eventually struck ...

Google now says it will pull links to Canadian news stories from its search, News and Discover services in the country. It will also stop operating its News Showcase in Canada when C-18 takes ...

Google will also end its Google News Showcase program in Canada, which pays news publishers to curate news stories on Google platforms. “We’re disappointed it has come to this.

Facebook is beginning the process of blocking news in Canada, parent company Meta said in a blog post on Tuesday. Google also will block links to Canadian journalism later this year for people in ...

Key Background. Meta’s move to block news articles for Instagram and Facebook users in Canada does not come as a surprise. Before the bill passed, Meta and Google both said they would eliminate ...

Canada regulator to impose fee on Google for online news law's operating costs. By Ismail ... agreed to pay C$100 million annually in a deal with publishers to keep news stories in search results.