Ottawa has published a set of regulations that it intends to propose for its Online News Act, the recently passed Bill C-18, that could address a number of concerns Google and Meta have voiced about the legislation which prompted them to say they will begin blocking Canadian news later this year.
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s department said on July 10 that it is proposing regulations for implementing the act to include criteria under which digital platforms can be exempt from the mandate that they compensate Canadian media outlets for using their news content on the platforms’ services.
