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JAKARTA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday (May 9) that Meta Platforms Inc’s rejection of legislation that would force payments by units of Facebook and other internet companies for journalistic content was based on the spurious argument that which the information has no economic value.

In an address to the House Committee on Trudeau government legislation on Monday, May 8, a Meta official said the news had social value, but no economic value for the company.

“If we’re being asked to compensate publishers for material that has no economic value to us, that’s where the problem lies,” Rachel Curran, head of public policy for Meta in Canada, told the committee, which was quoted as saying. Reuters.

Trudeau said last Tuesday that “the arguments made by the internet giants are not only wrong, they are dangerous to our democracy and our economy.”

“Facebook’s attitude of refusing to pay for news content shows how irresponsible and ignorant they are,” Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa.

The legislation, namely the Online News Act or Bill C-18, proposes rules to force platforms like Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. , which is similar to the law. revolutionary adopted in Australia in 2021.

Both Google and Meta have warned that they will withdraw access to news articles on their platforms in Canada if the law is passed without amendment. Objection Their main (objection) is to pay for links to news articles posted on their website which they believe would not be sustainable for their business.

Facebook said links to news articles make up less than 3% of content in their user feeds and that journalists benefit from having their work published on the social media platform.

“A person reporting atrocities in Bucha (Ukraine) is not trying to get likes on their Facebook page,” Trudeau said.

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