AI ‘Tsunami’ hits Canadian election online, but voter impact limitedExperts warn of a "dystopian" surge in AI-generated election content online, filling the news void created by the Online News Act. Despite ...
25 Apr, 2025, 06.24 PM IST
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
Canada PM Justin Trudeau blasts Meta for blocking news during wildfiresTrudeau's comments represent the latest government attack on Meta, which this month started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram pla...
21 Aug, 2023, 09.17 PM IST
Canada demands Meta lift ban on news to allow fires info to be sharedMeta started blocking news on its Facebook and Instagram platforms for all users in Canada earlier this month in response to a law requirin...
18 Aug, 2023, 10.32 PM 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'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 govt sees possible resolution with Google, Meta on news lawThe government however will suspend all advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
05 Jul, 2023, 10.43 PM 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
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
Meta to end news access for Canadians if Online News Act becomes lawThe "Online News Act," or House of Commons bill C-18, introduced in April last year laid out rules to force platforms like Meta and Alphabe...
12 Mar, 2023, 12.38 AM IST