Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Google tells the Canadian government it will block Canadian news media articles from appearing in search results and other products in the country following the adoption of a new law (online information law) that would require Google to pay fees to news companies.
The new Bill C-18 was passed last week. Canada’s parliamentary budget watchdog estimates that the legislation would provide Canadian newsrooms with $329 million in revenue per year, but that revenue is unlikely to materialize. The law requires companies like Meta and Google to pay media outlets when they provide links to news in search results or feeds they.
The move, which will also exclude Canadian media from Google’s News and Discover products, could have a major impact on publishers who rely on Google Search to attract readers who support their businesses. The change appears to have started to affect a number of users.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, one of Canada’s largest news organizations, said it would “encourage Canadians to go directly to the websites they trust for their news.” Newsrooms in Canada and around the world have been in decline for years. According to researchers, between 2008 and 2018, 216 Canadian news organizations closed their doors.
“Tech giants would rather spend money to modify their platforms to block information from Canada than pay a fraction of the billions of advertising dollars they generate,” Pablo Rodriguez, MP for Honoré-Mercier, said on Twitter last Thursday. Google reported search revenue of $40.69 billion in the second quarter of 2023.
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