Feds To Force Tech Giants Like Facebook Google To Pay For News With New Bill National
The C-18 bill, also known as the Electronic News Act, was introduced Tuesday and is the latest attempt by the Liberal government to support Canada’s troubled news industry. The new requirement, however, will not apply to platforms that do not represent a “significant trading imbalance,” such as Apple News, or platforms covered by other legislation, such as YouTube, officials said. Read more: The dark side of social media: What Canada does – and does not do – about it However, if the bill becomes law, platforms such as Facebook and Google can expect some of the profits from the news to go to the organizations behind the content – although it will depend on the regulator, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....