Canada versus Big Tech

We think there is a way forward to mitigate our apparent dependency on the social media giants that are doing so much to damage our information ecology.

The proposed regulations for the Online News Act need a major adjustment to free up funds for private sector news media, and to provide Canadians with an alternative to what Facebook has offered, write Elizabeth May and Sandy Crawley. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY, SANDY CRAWLEY

October 25, 2023

Meta, the company that owns Facebook, is playing hardball on the Online News Act (formerly Bill C-18). It is clear that the digital giants require regulation in more ways than one. They are pushing against it, slow-walking while they continue to reap obscene profits and scra...

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