Canada lays out details of proposed law to compel Facebook, Google to pay for news – WHTC

By Syndicated Content Apr 5, 2022 | 12:56 PM (Reuters) – Canada on Tuesday laid out details of a proposed legislation that would compel digital platforms like Facebook and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content, in a move similar to Australia’s ground-breaking law passed last year. The ‘Online News Act’ will require digital platforms that have a bargaining imbalance, measured by metrics like a firm’s global revenue, with news businesses to make fair deals, that would then be assessed by a regulator. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) On Air Now Holland, MI, USA 56 °F Sunny
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