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Guilbeault doubles down on web giant legislation plans

Briefs | 09/03/2020 5:06 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault arrives at West Block on June 2, 2020./ Photo by Andrew Meade.

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault Wednesday denounced what he called “threats” from Facebook Inc. to block the sharing of news content on its platforms if an Australian proposal to force the company to pay local news outlets for content makes its way into law. 

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