The House of Commons Heritage committee voted Tuesday to summon top executives from Alphabet Inc.‘s Google to appear before the committee on Mar. 6, days after the Canadian Press reported that the tech giant had begun blocking some news content in response to the government’s plan to force web giants to negotiate compensation with Canadian news publishers.
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is rejecting a Senate amendment on Bill C-11 that would, according to the senators, clarify that only professional music will be regulated on social media...
The Online News Act, Bill C-18, will “fundamentally change the relationship between people and the internet,” if passed, according to the Internet Society (ISOC). On Wednesday ISOC published a...
Legislation that would force digital giants like Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Alphabet Inc.'s Google to negotiate with, and ultimately pay, Canadian news producers rests on the notion that...
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