O Alphabet’s Google has reached an agreement with the Canadian government on a law requiring companies to pay for information. In a press release, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pascale St-Onge, informed, this fourth day (11/29), that the company will provide 74 million US dollars (approximately 360 million reais) in the form of annual financial support , indexed to inflation, for the country’s communications companies.
“After weeks of productive discussions, we are pleased to announce that we have found a path forward with Google for the implementation of online news,” said St-Onge. The aim of the legislation is to force Aimdonates Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Google to pay national publishers to host news on their platforms.
When Bill C-18, or the Online Information Act, was approved in June, Google refused to claim it would block information. To the company He also expressed concern about “certain structural issues, such as Bill C-18, which are not being addressed during the legislative process.” A shady business or “link tax” project. He also said it “breaks the way the website and search mechanisms have worked for over 30 years.”
Since August, Facebook and Instagram news links have been blocked by Meta, not Canada.
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