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Salvaging Bill C-18: Government Upends Legislation To Bring Google Onside the Online News Act (www.michaelgeist.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by mrbn to c/canadapolitics
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The government has announced that it has reached agreement with Google on deal that will ensure that news links are not blocked on the search engine and that the company pays $100 million to support the news sector in Canada.

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[โ€“] grte 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This comes across as sour grapes from the guy who wrote this. The compromise came Michael, and you were fear mongering this whole time.

[โ€“] avidamoeba 3 points 1 year ago

He doesn't sound too happy to concede being on the wrong side of this. I bought the absolutists libertarian approach towards net neutrality and the web 15 years ago. We've learned a few things since then.