The disputed piece of legislation prompted a brief threat for Google to leave Australia for good, calling the new law a precedent that poses an existential threat to the tech giant.
Canada’s heritage minister Steven Guilbeault has repeated his support for Canada’s plans to adopt a media code – a law that would force Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for the content posted on the two online giants’ platforms. Guilbeault stated that the countries must address the “imbalance between news media organisations” and the platforms, which benefit from the content that the outlets create.
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