The Online News Act passed last Thursday and would force platforms like Google and Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, to strike deals with Canadian media publishers for sharing, previewing and directing users to online Canadian news content.

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    1 year ago

    @fubo yeah, unfortunately these types of laws try to have their cake and eat it too

    A similar law was passed in France, and predictably France news orgs lost significant traffic and cried foul.

    It makes no sense to charge a search engine for the privilege of bringing customers to your website, and these types of laws always have predictable outcomes.