As MPs Pass Liberal Online News Bill, Meta Again Threatens to Pull Content

As MPs Pass Liberal Online News Bill, Meta Again Threatens to Pull Content
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez rises during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on May 31, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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The House of Commons passed a Liberal bill on Wednesday designed to require web giants to compensate journalism outfits for reposting their content, and Meta is once again threatening to remove news content from Facebook in Canada.

Federal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has argued the bill will “enhance fairness” in the digital news marketplace by creating a framework and bargaining process for behemoths such as Google and Meta, which owns social media sites Facebook and Instagram, to pay media outlets.