After Australia and France passed the law, rewards the publication of news on online platformsCanada has also begun discussing the creation of a similar policy. Call Law C-18or Online News Law, the new rule involves charging digital platforms fees for news publications that are distributed on their platforms. As with the two countries that have already regulated monetization, Google he did not like the news at all and, while discussing changes in the project, he began to hide the news from his users.

Google will pay for news in search

According to information obtained by several international portals, the search giant initially started blocking news from just under 4% of its platform users. The actions of the company are regarded as show of force against the new rule and attracted the attention of the Canadian government.

through your twitterCanada’s Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said it was “unfortunate to learn that Google trying to block access to news sites” and that “Canadians will not be intimidated by this.” Rodriguez also stated that Law C-18 is intended to ask “tech giants to compensate journalists when they use their work.”

In response to TechCrunchrepresentative The company states that this action is not a form of intimidation. or demonstrate disagreement with the legislation under discussion, but this is part of a test that “affects a very small percentage of Canadian users”.

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Google has already opposed the law

As indicated android policeABOUT Google already opposed new Canadian rule on his official blog in the country. In the text, the company states that this law could ultimately benefit large portals while reducing innovation in the sector.

As we indicated at the beginning of the text, laws similar to those proposed by the Canadian government have already been passed in Australia and France. In the first country, the research giant reached threaten to remove your services from Australia if the law were applied, and also stated that it would also benefit large portals. The company even blocked the exchange of news for a while, but returned after agreeing on amendments with the local government.

Opposing French law, Google did not even comply with the temporary measures imposed by the French government. But after a fine of 500 million eurosthe company met with the country’s newspaper alliance and reached an agreement on remuneration for the news.

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Source: TechCrunch, Android Police.

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