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Canadian news media could ironically owe millions to Google and Meta instead of the other way around under the Online News Act regulations proposed by Ottawa late last week. Tech news website The Logic cited an unnamed government official as confirming that the platforms could get credit for the traffic they send to news media websites in any deals made with them.
‘The most effective advocacy I do is to be seen as a person with a disability and a sexual person simultaneously,’ she says.
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Ottawa said on Friday that Google and Facebook must together contribute around $230-million to Canada’s news industry to be exempt from intervention by the broadcasting regulator
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Will a new law forcing tech platforms to negotiate with media outlets help or hurt the news industry and ordinary Canadians trying to stay informed?