Pay up, Zuck: Canada allies with Australia in ‘battle’ against Facebook over news content
Following Australia’s lead, Canada has announced that it aims to force Facebook to pay for news content. Ottawa said it would not be intimidated if the tech giant seeks retribution.
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said on Thursday that he would begin drafting legislation that could resemble Australia’s bid to make Facebook and other companies pay a licensing fee to feature domestically created content on their platforms.
Guilbeault said the government was still deciding which model would be “the most appropriate,” adding that he was in consultations with colleagues in France, Australia, Germany and Finland about how to best secure compensation from Facebook.
The minister predicted that soon more than a dozen countries could adopt rules requiring the Silicon Valley behemoth to pay for news content.
The announcement comes days after Facebook blocked all Australian news content on its platform in response to draft legislation that would require it to pay fees to domestic outlets and publishers whose links and content appear on the site.
Guilbeault said that Facebook would be unable to take similar actions if more countries followed suit, describing the company’s approach to the issue as “totally unsustainable.”
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Oligarchic companies fancy themselves to be superpowers. Australia has a military and Facebook doesn't.
jaymaron
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good point but - sufficiently motivated Big tech/ social media companies potentially could do tremendous harm - the whole world is dependent upon cyber technologies in the operations of their power grids, their water supplies,
This warms my angry little Australian heart lol. It's also what The Zuckerborg was fearing most. If every country initiates this then his power will be greatly reduced. Well at least it could cost him a fuck ton of $$$.
And maybe we'll see something else. I wonder if we are witnessing the beginning of a populist, global move to challenge and eventually limit the power of these unelected assholes.
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