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Canadian Senate passes bill requiring Google, Meta to pay for news (www.independent.co.uk)

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A Canadian bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

But the way these laws are written, it isn't under the social media company's control. The laws are saying that if any user posts a link to a news article the company owes the publisher money. So the social media company will just ban links that are going to cost them money.