Some Canadians will soon be restricted from accessing news on Facebook and Instagram, as Meta runs tests in response to Bill C\u002D18.
“We don’t have an exact end date, but I think we’re safe to say that they will run during the majority of June,” Curran said.
Meta has previously said it will pull news off its platforms if Bill C-18 passes in its current form, and Google, which earlier this year ran tests that blocked news for some Canadians on Google search, has said it’s still deciding whether it will do the same once the bill becomes law.Article content
The premise of the legislation is that because the Big Tech companies benefit by having news content on their platforms, they should share revenues with news publishers—especially given Google and Meta earn 80 per cent of digital ad revenue in Canada. But the companies argue the value actually flows the other way, and that they drive traffic to the publishers’ websites.Article content
Globe and Mail CEO Phillip Crawley told senators “if Facebook pulls out, millions of dollars go away, from The Globe and Mail point of view… they have a deal with us and it’s worth a significant amount of money.” He said the additional licencing money from the deal is “why we have been able to keep growing our revenue.”Article content
If Bill C-18 passes, it would make Canada the second country in the world to have such legislation in place. The first was Australia, where Google also ran tests blocking news and Facebook temporarily pulled news off its platform in response to the bill.
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