Link blocking ‘always on the radar,’ but Google’s committee response a ‘threat to legislators’: Bittle

Liberal MP Chris Bittle calls Meta and Google's intimidation tactics over Bill C-18 a 'threat to Canadian Parliament' that needs to be condemned by legislators of all parties.

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says Meta's move to restrict Canadians' access to news on its sites, following similar 'intimidation tactics' by Google last month, is part of a 'disappointing trend' where tech giants 'would rather pull news than pay their fair share.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

March 15, 2023

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says Canadians “won’t be intimidated” by Meta’s threats that it will block access to news on Facebook or Instagram should the proposed Online News Act become law in its current form, but internet law expert Michael Geist says “call...

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