When Facebook blocks news, studies show the political risks that followCanada has become ground zero for Facebook's battle with governments that have enacted or are considering laws that force internet giants -...
15 Apr, 2024, 09.41 AM IST
News publishers are fighting Big Tech over peanuts. They could be owed billions.The settlement is far less than Canada wanted -- it had sought $126 million -- and a small fraction of the estimated $550 million that news...
08 Dec, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry: Canada governmentThe agreement removes a threat by Google to block the ability to search for Canadian news on Google in Canada. Facebook and Instagram paren...
30 Nov, 2023, 11.18 AM IST
Canada, Google reach deal to keep news in search resultsThe Canadian government and Google have reached a deal to support the country's media, heading off an imminent threat by the digital giant ...
30 Nov, 2023, 12.11 AM IST
Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usageDaily active users of Facebook and time spent on the app in Canada have stayed roughly unchanged since parent company Meta started blocking...
29 Aug, 2023, 03.52 PM IST
Meta faces backlash over Canada news block as wildfires rageShe described to AFP how "insanely difficult" it has been for herself and other evacuees to find verifiable information about the fires bla...
26 Aug, 2023, 11.18 AM IST
Canadian publishers seek antitrust probe of Meta blocking newsMeta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada last week in response to a law requiring interne...
09 Aug, 2023, 08.34 AM IST
Meta begins blocking news in CanadaCanada passed the Online News Act in June, joining a push by numerous governments to force big social media companies to compensate news or...
03 Aug, 2023, 01.19 PM IST
Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishersThe Canadian government quickly denounced the move as "irresponsible," and said the world is watching the process play out in Canada.
02 Aug, 2023, 10.11 AM IST
Canada to stop advertisements on Facebook, but path to settle dispute not ruled outThe legislation was drafted after calls from Canada's media industry for tighter regulation of internet giants to allow news businesses to ...
06 Jul, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
Canada's government will stop advertising on Facebook and InstagramCanada's move is the latest episode in a spat that started after Trudeau's administration proposed a bill that would require technology com...
06 Jul, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
Canada's Quebecor to pull its ads from Facebook, InstagramTelecom and media firm Quebecor said on Wednesday it will pull its ads from Facebook and Instagram, following Meta Platforms' decision to s...
05 Jul, 2023, 05.23 PM IST
Explainer: Why are Facebook and Instagram ending news access in Canada?Canada drafted new rules after legacy media companies complained about internet companies elbowing news businesses out of the online advert...
27 Jun, 2023, 08.04 AM IST
Google, Meta using 'bullying tactics' against Canada's news bill, says PM TrudeauThe proposed legislation is designed to compel internet giants like Google and Meta's Facebook to negotiate commercial deals and pay publis...
08 Jun, 2023, 08.25 AM IST
Meta tests blocking news content on Instagram, Facebook for some CanadiansThe block - which follows a similar step taken by Google earlier this year - comes in response to a proposed bill that will require tech gi...
02 Jun, 2023, 08.46 AM IST
Meta may end Facebook, Instagram news content in CanadaMeta Platforms has threatened to end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass the proposed Online News Act, which...
09 May, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
Google, Meta executives push back against Canada online news billGoogle and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is pas...
04 May, 2023, 09.36 AM IST