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Australia's standoff with Facebook has lessons for Canada, publisher says CBC/Radio-Canada © Lukas Coch/AAP/Reuters Australia's Parliament on Thursday passed the final amendments to the so-called News Media Bargaining Code that forces Google and Facebook to pay for news. Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said Canada would introduce its own rules in the coming months. Canada should move quickly on legislation to make Facebook and Google pay for news content, because it was only when Australia began taking action that the digital giants responded wi...

Google in 'active' talks with Canadian publishers following string of deals to pay for news in Australia The Australian deals come as Ottawa plans to introduce legislation this year aimed at levelling the playing field between Canadian news publishers and online search and social media Author of the article: Barbara Shecter Publishing date: Feb 17, 2021  •  February 17, 2021  •  4 minute read  •  Google has signed more than 500 publishers in dozens of countries to its news platform, News Showcase, and remains “in active conversations with Canadian publishers about parti...