Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the CEO Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, California, June 9, 2022.
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Google tell the Canadian government that it will block article Information from Canadian news outlets appeared in search results and other products in the country after a new bill was passed requiring Google to pay news companies.
New Bill C-18 passed last week.Parliamentary budget officials say the bill will bring in $329 million a year for Canadian newsrooms estimated, a source of income that currently appears unlikely to materialize.it needs a company like this Yuan Google will pay publishers when they link to news in search or in the feed.
The move would also pull Canadian media outlets out of Google’s news and discovery products, potentially having a major impact on publishers who rely on Google Search to attract readers who support their businesses. These changes appear to have started to affect some users.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is one of Canada’s largest news organizations, explain It will “encourage Canadians to go directly to the sites they trust for news.” Newsrooms in Canada and around the world have been in decline for years.According to statistics, between 2008 and 2018, 216 newsrooms in Canada closed their doors Researchers.
“The big tech companies would rather pay to change their platforms to block news from Canadians than pay a fraction of their billions in advertising revenue,” Honoré-Mecier MP Pablo Rowe said. said Pablo Rodriguez. explain on Twitter Thursday. Google reported $40.69 billion in search revenue for the second quarter of 2023.
Google Global Affairs President Kent Walker is called In a blog post, the new law’s framework is “not feasible” and says the company has “uncapped financial responsibility for the sole purpose of facilitating Canadians’ access to news from Canadian publishers.”
Yuan It has been said that the passage of the bill will begin to prevent Canadian news outlets from being on Facebook or Instagram. Australia passed a similar law and prompted the same response from Meta, sparking major controversy. Meta later struck a deal with the country and resumed news coverage.
“The fact that these internet giants would rather cut off Canadians from access to local news than pay their fair share is a real problem, and now they’re resorting to bullying tactics to try and get their way. It’s not working Yes,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters last week.
“We are disappointed that things have come to this. We do not take this decision or its implications lightly, and believe it is important to be transparent with Canadian publishers and our users as early as possible,” Walker said.
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