On Thursday, June 29, Google announced it intends to remove Canadian news stories. This decision comes in response to Trudeau's "Online News Act" Bill C-18. The newly proposed Bill requires platforms to pay for links.
July 02, 2023
Google responded to the new proposed law:
"Bill C-18 has become law and remains unworkable." The world's top search engine continued, "The Government has not given us reason to believe that the regulatory process will be able to resolve structural issues with the legislation. As a result, we have informed the Government that we have made the difficult decision that when the law takes effect, we will be removing links to Canadian news from our Search, News, and Discover products and will no longer be able to operate Google News Showcase in Canada."
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According to the Post Millenial, companies like Google will start paying a required "link tax" every time they provide a link that directs to a Canadian news site. Google is concerned that the law will make it harder for Canadians to find news online, "make it harder for journalists to reach their audiences, and reduce valuable free web traffic to Canadian publishers."
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Google retorted that Trudeau Liberals need not suggest that it pay to host Canadian news. Google's response to the decision is that the bill "creates uncertainty for our products and exposes us to uncapped financial liability." Google pointed out that Canadian news stories were linked more than 3.5 billion times in 2022 alone, with referral traffic valued at an estimated CAD 250 million.
Upon hearing the news of the Bill C-18 passing, Meta joined ranks to announce it intends to stop providing Canadian users with news content.
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