​Canada Passes Law Forcing Facebook, Google to Pay Media for Links

Canada’s Parliament approved legislation to compel digital companies to compensate domestic media outlets for links to their articles, a move Facebook said would force it to block access to news reports on its platform for Canadian users as it did two years ago in Australia. Google, owned by Alphabet, also has signaled possible restrictions of news content on its search function in Canada as a result of the legislation.

Source: ​Canada Passes Law Forcing Facebook, Google to Pay Media for Links

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