This June Canada passed the Online News Act requiring online platforms and search engines to negotiate with news publishers to license their content. In other words to get paid for distributing their content. Today's NYT reports on the response. It's what you'd expect from a entity with that much power. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has started blocking news articles on its social networking services in Canada. Content from local Canadian news and international outlets will not be visible to Canadians using the platforms.
Lets talk about control
Lets talk about control
Lets talk about control
This June Canada passed the Online News Act requiring online platforms and search engines to negotiate with news publishers to license their content. In other words to get paid for distributing their content. Today's NYT reports on the response. It's what you'd expect from a entity with that much power. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has started blocking news articles on its social networking services in Canada. Content from local Canadian news and international outlets will not be visible to Canadians using the platforms.