‘There’s never been a case like this,’ lawyer says as Competition Bureau reviews Meta’s news block in Canada

If the bureau finds that Meta has violated the Competition Act, the firm could be fined up to $10-million, or three times the value of the benefit obtained from the anti-competitive conduct.

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge called Meta’s plans to block news on its platforms in Canada 'irresponsible,' in a statement posted to social media on Aug. 1.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

August 21, 2023

A request by news publishers and broadcasters to investigate Meta’s decision to block news content on its digital platforms in Canada raises “novel issues” for the Competition Bureau, which may need to determine what constitutes “anti-competitive acts” in this case...

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