- On Thursday, Google announced that in response to the Trudeau Liberals’ Online News Act, Bill C-18, it would be removing links to Canadian news from a number of key places on the world’s most popular search engine.
- When the new law comes into effect, those looking for news from Canadian new publishers will no longer be able to find such content in Google’s Search, News, or Discover tabs.
- Under Bill C-18, companies like Google would be required to pay a “link tax” every time they link to a Canadian news publisher’s website. Google said that the decision “creates uncertainty for our products and exposes us to uncapped financial liability.”
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - JUNE 26: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to other G7 leaders speaking at the „Global Infrastructure“ side event during the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau on June 26, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Leaders of the G7 group of nations are officially coming together under the motto: "progress towards an equitable world" and will discuss global issues including war, climate change, hunger, poverty and health. Overshadowing this year’s summit is the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
