Meta ‘not talking’ to Ottawa amid Online News Act dispute, says Heritage Minister Rodriguez

Meta and Google announced plans to end news links in Canada before the Online News Act comes into force.

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, pictured, hosted a press conference in Ottawa on July 5 with two opposition MPs announcing the federal government would suspended all of its advertising on Facebook and Instagram.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

July 10, 2023

The federal government and the CEO of News Media Canada say they are open to pursuing talks with tech giants regarding a dispute over the Online News Act and a looming plan to pull Canadian news content from their platforms, but they have raised concerns about Meta’s lack ...

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