A senior executive says Google hasn't made a final decision whether it will limit journalism links from Canadians if the federal government's online news bill passes.
Earlier this year, Google ran a five-week test that prevented 3.3 per cent of its Canadians users from seeing news links when searching for journalism on its search engine. It affected more than one million IP addresses, Google confirmed.
Walker appeared alongside Google's vice-president for news, Richard Gingras, as the committee studied the actions of the Silicon Valley giant. Google said it would prefer to contribute to a media fund that would align with the government's policy goals while funding local journalism.News makes up less than two per cent of searches on Google, the company said.
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