Ottawa, Google reach ‘historic’ deal to support Canadian media

The Canadian government and Google announced Wednesday a “historic” deal to support the country’s media, heading off an imminent threat by the digital giant to block news on its platform. That threat was made in response to Ottawa’s Online News Act, which is due to come into force on December 19. Meta has also pushed […]

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