Google is blocking news across some Canadian publisher websites in Google Search, Google Discover and other Google platforms in a test that affects less than 4% of Canadians. The test, which will run ...

The company began limiting access to news content in search around 4% of users in Canada in response to a new bill that would require it to pay news publishers. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes ...

Google confirmed this test will impact 4% of Canadians. It's similar to what Google did in Australia in 2021. Google is conducting a small test where the search company is blocking news content in ...

Meta isn't the only internet heavyweight removing news content in response to Canada's newly enacted Bill C-18 (aka the Online News Act), which requires that tech companies negotiate compensation with ...

The U.S. tech giant follows Meta pulling content from Facebook and Instagram north of the border after Bill C-18, or the country’s Online News Act, became law to force payment for local journalism. By ...

In response to the Canadian Online News Act, which aims to compensate publishers, both Meta, Facebook's parent company, and Google are instead looking to block news entirely. Imad is a senior reporter ...

Canada's Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. The bill, which is set to ...

Google has agreed to pay Canadian news businesses $100 million a year to comply with the country’s Online News Act, despite previously saying it would remove Canadian news links from search rather ...