Google and Canada reach agreement on news sharing and payments: Know what it means
1 year, 1 month ago

Google and Canada reach agreement on news sharing and payments: Know what it means

India TV News  

Canada and Google have reportedly worked out a deal about a new law that makes big internet companies share ad money with news publishers. Details of the Agreement According to TOI, if it's true, the deal means Google will make yearly payments, of about C$100 million, to news companies. Online News Act Background The Online News Act, a part of a global trend to make big internet companies pay for news, got approved by the Canadian parliament in June. Reportedly, this deal is part of a worldwide effort to make sure big tech companies pay news creators fairly for their work, ensuring that news publishers get a piece of the ad money these platforms make.

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Australia to force tech titans to pay for news
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Australia to force tech titans to pay for news

Raw Story  

Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media. "The rapid growth of digital platforms in recent years has disrupted Australia's media landscape, and it is threatening the viability of public interest journalism," Communications Minister Michelle …

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
Trending News
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

CNN  

Sydney Reuters — Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for big tech firms to pay Australian media companies for news content on their platforms, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones announced on Thursday. The move, described as a “news bargaining initiative,” piles pressure on global tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Google to …

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement
1 month, 1 week ago

Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement

Associated Press  

OTTAWA, Ontario — A coalition of Canadian news publishers, including The Canadian Press, Torstar, Globe and Mail, Postmedia and CBC/Radio-Canada, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for using news content to train its ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence system. The outlets said in a joint statement on Friday that OpenAI regularly breaches copyright by scraping large amounts of content from Canadian …

Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of information and broadcasting will hold an interministerial meeting on Wednesday to discuss the dominance of Big Tech companies in digital advertising and its disproportionate impact on digital news publishers and a possible legal framework to ensure a level playing field, according to a memorandum reviewed by HT. Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today …

Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?

LA Times  

Ink specialist David Oma works at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in February. There’s state legislation brewing that would force the largest internet platforms — like Google — to kick in money to help save journalism. Basically, the big internet platforms gobble up news outlets’ products and work without paying for it and build their own ad programs …

Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people’s search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. Supporters said the legislation would help level the playing field between news publishers and large digital platforms …

Google fined €250 million in France over dispute with news publishers
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Google fined €250 million in France over dispute with news publishers

Live Mint  

France’s competition watchdog fined Google 250 million euros, saying the search giant breached some commitments it made to negotiate license deals with an array of news publishers in the country. The Alphabet unit has for years been in the cross hairs of the French competition authority over its use of news publishers’ content in search results and, in 2022, Google …

Canada to keep pressure on Facebook to pay for news: PM Justin Trudeau
1 year ago

Canada to keep pressure on Facebook to pay for news: PM Justin Trudeau

The Hindu  

Ottawa will keep pushing Meta to comply with a new law requiring large internet companies to pay Canadian news publishers for their content, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, but the Facebook parent stood by its decision to block news sharing rather than pay. "News outlets choose to use our free services because it helps their bottom line, and …

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law
1 year, 1 month ago

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Canada’s government said Wednesday it reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country’s news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. “Unfortunately Meta continues to completely abdicate any responsibility towards democratic institutions.” Pascale St-Onge, the minister of Canadian …

Google paid $26 bln to be default search engine in 2021 - Bloomberg News
1 year, 2 months ago

Google paid $26 bln to be default search engine in 2021 - Bloomberg News

The Hindu  

Alphabet's Google paid $26.3 billion to other companies in 2021 to ensure its search engine was the default on web browsers and mobile phones, a top company executive testified during the Justice Department's antitrust trial, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The amount of payments Google made for the default status has more than tripled since 2014, according to senior executive …

Not just Canada, Meta is trying to kill Facebook’s news feed in other countries too
1 year, 4 months ago

Not just Canada, Meta is trying to kill Facebook’s news feed in other countries too

Firstpost  

Meta plans to kill Facebook’s news tab in a number of countries. This comes after several media organisations across the world, as well as some legislators have demanded that Meta compensates news organisations for curating their articles for their platform Meta has revealed its plan to discontinue the dedicated news tab on Facebook in certain European countries, starting in early …

Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage

The Hindu  

Meta's decision to block news links in Canada this month has had almost no impact on Canadians' usage of Facebook, data from independent tracking firms indicated on Tuesday, as the company faces scorching criticism from the Canadian government over the move. Daily active users of Facebook and time spent on the app in Canada have stayed roughly unchanged since parent …

Meta faces backlash over Canada news block as wildfires rage
1 year, 4 months ago

Meta faces backlash over Canada news block as wildfires rage

The Hindu  

Meta is being accused of endangering lives by blocking news links in Canada at a crucial moment, when thousands have fled their homes and are desperate for wildfire updates that once would have been shared widely on Facebook. But Meta has said the bill is flawed and insisted that news outlets share content on its Facebook and Instagram platforms to …

Canada to start planning how it will make internet giants pay for news
1 year, 4 months ago

Canada to start planning how it will make internet giants pay for news

The Hindu  

The Canadian regulator responsible for implementing the country's online news law on Thursday said it will start setting up a framework for negotiations between news organisations and internet giants this autumn, with the aim of initiating mandatory bargaining by early 2025. Canada's Online News Act, part of a global trend to make tech firms like Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook …

Why did Meta block Canada’s access to news reports?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why did Meta block Canada’s access to news reports?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On August 1, Meta announced that it will block users in Canada from posting and accessing news reports on its Facebook and Instagram platforms. This is after Canada’s Online News Act came into effect on July 22, stipulating that large digital players such as Meta and Google should pay news publishers for content that is made …

Facebook owner Meta carries out threat to block news in Canada. Google plans to do the same
1 year, 5 months ago

Facebook owner Meta carries out threat to block news in Canada. Google plans to do the same

Associated Press  

MENLO PARK, California — Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta is keeping its promise to block news content in Canada on its platforms in response to a new law that requires tech giants to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online. The social media company said the Online News Act “is based on the incorrect premise …

Meta starts blocking news in Canada
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta starts blocking news in Canada

The Hindu  

Meta on Tuesday started blocking Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for such content. Google, another critic of the Online News Act, has said it is considering a similar move, among an ongoing global debate as more governments try to make tech firms pay for news …

Canadian companies halt ads on Facebook, Instagram after Meta blocks news access
1 year, 5 months ago

Canadian companies halt ads on Facebook, Instagram after Meta blocks news access

The Hindu  

Several Canadian companies and government agencies have stopped advertising on Facebook and Instagram after Meta Platforms decided to stop news access on the apps over a law that requires payments to local news publishers. We hope to work together to ensure that all parties can do what the Online News Act allows for, to bargain fairly, level the playing field …

Canada to stop ads on Facebook, but sees path to settle dispute
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada to stop ads on Facebook, but sees path to settle dispute

The Hindu  

The Canadian government will stop spending some C$10 million per year on Facebook and Instagram ads amid a dispute over a new law on paying online news publishers that the Meta-owned platforms have opposed, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said on Wednesday. The government still sees a path forward in resolving the quarrel that has led to Meta and Alphabet's Google …

Canada's government to stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram after Meta says it will block news
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada's government to stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram after Meta says it will block news

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Canada's government said Wednesday it …

Column: California and Canada absolutely must call Google’s and Facebook’s bluff on news
1 year, 6 months ago

Column: California and Canada absolutely must call Google’s and Facebook’s bluff on news

LA Times  

“Our customers are smart enough to know that you don’t get something for nothing,” media baron Rupert Murdoch said in support of tech platforms paying news outlets for the stories their users consume. The Australian bill, for example, compels the tech giants to negotiate with news outlets to determine a fair rate for hosting their work; in a somewhat unusual …

Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law
1 year, 6 months ago

Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law

The Hindu  

Google on Thursday became the latest Silicon Valley giant to block Canadian users from seeing local news on its platform after Ottawa passed a bill requiring tech companies to pay for such content. The Online News Act became law last week, aiming to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen hundreds of publications close in the last decade. …

Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law
1 year, 6 months ago

Google set to remove news links in Canada over online news law

Associated Press  

OTTAWA, Ontario — Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada over a new law that will require digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose. The tech giant said it will remove Canadian news links from Google News — a personalized aggregator service available by web or …

Facebook ending news sharing in Canada: Why an attempt to save journalism will make things worse.
1 year, 6 months ago

Facebook ending news sharing in Canada: Why an attempt to save journalism will make things worse.

Slate  

On June 22, the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act. The new law, according to a government news release, “will require the largest digital platforms”—in effect, calling out Facebook, Instagram, and Google without naming them—“to bargain fairly with Canadian news businesses for the use of their news content.” The intent here is to even …

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law
1 year, 6 months ago

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law

NPR  

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law Enlarge this image toggle caption LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images Googles said on Thursday that it will block all links to Canadian news articles for people using its search engine and other services in the country in response to a new …

Facebook and Instagram to block news in Canada
1 year, 6 months ago

Facebook and Instagram to block news in Canada

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Online News Act, known as Bill C-18, will force big technology companies to compensate news publishers …

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law

The Hindu  

Canada's Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government and Silicon Valley tech giants. “We have repeatedly shared that in order …

Canada set to require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada set to require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news

LA Times  

Digital companies like Meta will have to pay media outlets for news content that they share on their platforms under an upcoming law in Canada. Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. Business California bill would force Big …

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law

Associated Press  

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and Silicon Valley tech giants. “We have repeatedly shared …

Canada Justin Trudeau Online News Act Google Meta Alphabet Facebook Bullying Tactics Suppress
1 year, 7 months ago

Canada Justin Trudeau Online News Act Google Meta Alphabet Facebook Bullying Tactics Suppress

ABP News  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms of employing "bullying tactics" in response to Canadian efforts to secure financial support for news publishers. The proposed legislation aims to compel internet giants such as Google and Meta's Facebook to negotiate commercial agreements and compensate publishers for their content. Google and Facebook argue that the provisions outlined in …

Google, Meta using 'bullying tactics' against Canada's news bill: PM Trudeau
1 year, 7 months ago

Google, Meta using 'bullying tactics' against Canada's news bill: PM Trudeau

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms are using "bullying tactics" against a Canadian push aimed at ensuring financial support for news publishers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. The proposed legislation is designed to compel internet giants like Google and Meta's Facebook to negotiate commercial deals and pay publishers for their content. "The fact that these internet giants would rather …

Meta To Test Limiting News On Facebook, Instagram In Canada: Report
1 year, 7 months ago

Meta To Test Limiting News On Facebook, Instagram In Canada: Report

ABP News  

Meta Platforms has announced that it will conduct tests on its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, in Canada, as reported by Reuters. This legislation aims to compel platforms like Meta and Google's parent company, Alphabet, to engage in negotiations for commercial agreements and compensate Canadian news publishers for their content. It is worth noting that Google had previously implemented …

Meta to test limiting some news access on Facebook, Instagram in Canada
1 year, 7 months ago

Meta to test limiting some news access on Facebook, Instagram in Canada

The Hindu  

Meta Platforms Inc. on Thursday said it will begin tests on its social media websites Facebook and Instagram that will limit some users and publishers from viewing or sharing some news content in Canada. The testing period will run for several weeks, the social media giant said, adding that the minor percentage of Canadian users enrolled in testing will be …

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau
1 year, 8 months ago

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau

The Hindu  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Meta Platforms Inc.'s opposition to proposed legislation that would compel payment by its Facebook unit and other internet companies for journalistic content was based on a flawed argument that news has no economic value. Speaking to a parliamentary committee about the Trudeau government's legislation on Monday, a Meta official said news has …

Google, Meta executives push back against Canada online news bill
1 year, 8 months ago

Google, Meta executives push back against Canada online news bill

The Hindu  

Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed, company executives told Canadian lawmakers on Wednesday. Canada's proposed legislation would force platforms like Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. to negotiate commercial deals and pay Canadian news publishers for their content, part of …

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users

The Hindu  

The story so far: On March 11, Facebook-owner Meta reiterated its stance against Canada’s proposed Online News Act. Introduced in April 2022, Canada’s ‘Online News Act,’ also known as the House of Commons bill C-18, aims to make Big Tech companies like Google and Meta compensate local news publishers for making the latter’s content available for users on its platforms. …

What is the Online News Act that will force Meta & Google to end news access for Canadian users
1 year, 9 months ago

What is the Online News Act that will force Meta & Google to end news access for Canadian users

Firstpost  

Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc said on Saturday that if the Canada’s Online News Act is passed as it is in its current state, the company will no longer allow news content to Canadians on any of its platforms. The “Online News Act,” or House of Commons bill C-18, presented in April last year outlined regulations that would require …

Google limits access to news in Canada as it tests proposed law
1 year, 10 months ago

Google limits access to news in Canada as it tests proposed law

The Hindu  

Google is blocking some Canadians' access to news, it confirmed Thursday, as part of a test in response to a law in the works that would require digital giants to pay for local journalism content. Spokesman Shay Purdy told AFP that Google is "briefly testing potential product responses" to the Online News Act, which was introduced last April and is …

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill

Firstpost  

Meta argues that publishers and broadcasters who put their content on platforms like Facebook or Twitter do so for better reach and to earn revenue, which benefits publishers and broadcasters, not distributors like Facebook or Twitter. Andy Stone, Meta’s head of policy communications, said on Twitter that Facebook will “be forced to consider removing news” from Facebook if a new …

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organisations to negotiate collectively with companies like Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook. Sources briefed on the matter said lawmakers are considering adding the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to a must-pass annual …

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 21, Meta threatened to block news content from Facebook in Canada. The law can force social media platforms like Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for their content. The law lays down rules that mandate platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to negotiate deals with news publications. Tech companies like Facebook profit …

Turkish competition board fines Meta Platforms $18.6 million
2 years, 2 months ago

Turkish competition board fines Meta Platforms $18.6 million

The Hindu  

Turkey's competition authority has fined Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc. 346.72 million lira for breaking competition law, it said on Wednesday. The company held a dominant position in personal social networking services and online video advertising markets and obstructed competitors by merging data collected through its core services Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, the Turkish authority said in a statement. Turkey's competition …

Facebook Warns To Block News Content In Canada. Here's Why
2 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Warns To Block News Content In Canada. Here's Why

ABP News  

Facebook has warned that it may block news content on its platform in Canada, outlining concerns over the bill that would compel the company to pay news publishers. Canada's Online News Act which was introduced in April laid out rules for tech giants like Google and Facebook draw to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. “We …

India May Enact Regulations Asking Big Tech to Compensate News Outlets for Their Content
2 years, 5 months ago

India May Enact Regulations Asking Big Tech to Compensate News Outlets for Their Content

News 18  

aceAustralia’s “News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code” has made it compulsory for the Big Tech companies to pay news publishers for showing links on their platforms. Recently, the minister of state for IT and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Times of India, that the government is thinking about passing a law requiring tech companies such as Google, Meta, …

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means
2 years, 5 months ago

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means

India Today  

After Australia, Canada and France, now India is reportedly putting the final touches to a new piece of legislation that would make tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they display on their platforms. If implemented, the proposed law would compel global tech majors such as Alphabet, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon to pay Indian newspapers and …

Google resolves French copyright dispute over online content
2 years, 6 months ago

Google resolves French copyright dispute over online content

The Hindu  

Alphabet unit Google has committed to resolving a copyright dispute in France over online content, the country's antitrust authority said on Tuesday, as pressure mounts for big tech platforms to share more of their revenue with news outlets. Media outlets ‘deprived of potential revenue stream’ News publishers had argued that the rise of Google's ad sales online was underpinned by …

Google Paying More Than 300 EU Publishers for News, More to Come
2 years, 8 months ago

Google Paying More Than 300 EU Publishers for News, More to Come

News 18  

Alphabet unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too, the company told Reuters. The move to be announced publicly later on Wednesday followed the adoption of landmark EU copyright rules …

Why Canada's Online News Act To Regulate Intermediaries Gives Boost To Indian Digital Publishers
2 years, 8 months ago

Why Canada's Online News Act To Regulate Intermediaries Gives Boost To Indian Digital Publishers

ABP News  

New Delhi: With Canada passing the Online News Act, which will regulate digital news intermediaries and enabled publishers to bargain fair revenue or advertising sharing, the move comes as a boost for Indian newspapers and digital news publishers, media observers feel. Canada's Online News Act has been created with a view to enhancing fairness in the Canadian digital news marketplace. …

CCI orders probe into Google’s alleged abuse of position in online news market
2 years, 9 months ago

CCI orders probe into Google’s alleged abuse of position in online news market

The Hindu  

The Competition Commission of India has ordered a probe into complaints against Google for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the online news market. In a statement, the Indian Newspapers Society said that Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google India Private Limited, Google Ireland Limited and Google Asia Pacific Pte Limited are allegedly abusing their dominant position related to news referral …

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