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With Bill C-18 coming into effect ~2024, Google and other search engines will stop returning Canadian news in their results. This community is meant to help keep Canadians informed. Comments should provide more information, link to related stories, or provide other relevant resources.

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New law requiring Facebook, Google to pay for news draws praise, criticism | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-google-says-it-wont-show-canadian-news-links-over-bill-c-18-as/

https://mobilesyrup.com/2023/06/28/meta-not-negotiating-bill-c-18/

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[–] ConTheLibrarian 2 points 1 year ago

Official Dept of Justic Charter Statement: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/charter-charte/c18_1.html

[–] Nogami 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now the government is crying because rather than paying up, Facebook told them to stuff it and turned off the taps.

Entirely predictable to everyone except bureaucrats. Why should Facebook bargain? They’re in a position of power over the govt.

[–] ConTheLibrarian 2 points 1 year ago

They really pulled a spez on this one.