Amidst the global wave of countries looking at Big Tech revenues and how they relate to the growing news media crisis, many are asking whether and how tech companies should compensate publishers for the journalism that circulates on their platforms. This has become another flash point in Brazil’s.
Meta and Google worked out a deal with the Australia government on a law that would make digital giants pay for journalism. Canada passed its own law, without any such deal. Meta says it has begun ending news availability on its platforms in Canada. Did Ottawa miss an opportunity to avoid this?
The tech giants have profited mightily from the diversion of advertising revenue at the expense of media outlets and journalism. Bill C-18 would channel a portion of that revenue back.