Meta spokesperson says it's not negotiating with federal government over online news law
. The law requires big tech giants like Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms.Facebook defends its decision to block news for Canadian usersMeta Canada says it's "proceeding towards ending the availability of news permanently in Canada." Rachel Curran, head of public policy at Meta Canada, speaks to Power and Politics about the tech giant's response to Bill C-18.
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has said he hopes the Liberal government can negotiate an agreement with Meta that allows news to remain available on the company's platforms and also follows the rules laid out in C-18."Our trajectory is set. There is no way to negotiate out of the framework of this bill," she told host David Cochrane.Bill C-18 is modelled on a similar law in Australia, the country that first forced digital companies to pay for the use of news content.
But Curran said the Australian law was different because it allowed the company to negotiate private deals with publishers outside of the framework of the regulations. C-18 does not, she said. Meta currently has private deals to compensate 18 Canadian news outlets. Curran, who was director of policy to former prime minister Stephen Harper, said those deals could be at risk with the passage of C-18.Google said it came close to blocking news access itself as Bill C-18 came closer to passing, but an "11th-hour" meeting with Rodriguez resulted in the company delaying the decision.
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