Bill C\u002D18 would force Google and Meta to make \u0027fair commercial deals\u0027 with Canadian media who would be able to negotiate collectively
Google and Facebook have both pushed back against the legislation, which is supported by many large, mainstream news organizations, including Postmedia, publisher of the National Post.
He said newsrooms depending on Google and Facebook for that money wouldn’t compromise journalistic independence.Article content “This bill requires tech giants to compensate journalists when they use their work,” Scaffidi said. “This entire bill is designed to protect journalistic independence and specifically forbids tech giants from discriminating against journalists.”Article content
However, a spokesman for Facebook said C-18 misunderstands the nature of how news is shared on social media platform.
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