OTTAWA : Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms are using 'bullying tactics' against a Canadian push aimed at ensuring financial support for news publishers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.The proposed legislation is designed to compel internet giants like Google and Meta's Facebook to nego
OTTAWA : Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms are using"bullying tactics" against a Canadian push aimed at ensuring financial support for news publishers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.
The U.S. firms say proposals in the bill, dubbed the"Online News Act," are unsustainable for their businesses. "The fact that these internet giants would rather cut off Canadians' access to local news than pay their fair share is a real problem, and now they're resorting to bullying tactics to try and get their way - it's not going to work," Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa.
Canada's media industry wants tighter regulation of tech companies to prevent them from elbowing news businesses out of the online advertising market."The various internet giants like Meta are posting every year record profits while at the same time local independent news is struggling across this country," Trudeau said."We will continue to make sure that these incredibly profitable corporations contribute to strengthening our democracy.
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