Meta Threatens to Remove News Content in Canada
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is at odds with the Canadian government over the proposed Online News Act (Bill C-18). The legislation, which is currently being considered in the Senate’s Committee on Transport and Communications, would require online platforms like Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for the content shared on their platforms. Tech corporations could potentially be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in annual payments to publishers if the bill is enacted…….