OTTAWA : Alphabet Inc's Google will stop blocking news articles from some Canadian users' search results on March 16, a company executive told a Canadian parliamentary panel investigating the tech firm on Friday.Last month, Google started testing limited news censorship as a potential response to a Canadi
OTTAWA : Alphabet Inc's Google will stop blocking news articles from some Canadian users' search results on March 16, a company executive told a Canadian parliamentary panel investigating the tech firm on Friday.
The tests, which the company says affected less than 4 per cent of Canadian users, began on Feb. 9 and were scheduled to run for five weeks. Last month, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was a"terrible mistake" for Google to block news content in reaction to"Online News Act," a government bill that created rules for platforms like Meta's Facebook and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers.
"Blocking is something that I think irritates the local people, the grassroots people. The unintended consequences here of this move, I don’t think is a way to negotiate and I think it's a mistake on your part," Shields said to Sabrina Geremia, the head of Google Canada.
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