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Google tests blocking news content for some Canadians in response to government bill (www.ctvnews.ca)

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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/292639

A spokeswoman for Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Canadians will not be intimidated and called it disappointing that Google is borrowing from Meta's playbook. The new Online News Act requires digital giants such as Google and Meta, which owns Facebook, to negotiate deals that would compensate Canadian media companies for republishing their content on their platforms.

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