A parliamentary committee has requested internal and external documents from tech companies to see what kind of discussions they are having around upcoming legislation in Canada—a move that critics say violates privacy rights and sets a precedent for such probes.
The House of Commons heritage committee wants to see what big tech companies Meta and Google are planning in reaction to proposed legislation it is reviewing, the Online News Act. The act would require tech giants to pay Canadian media companies for linking to their content, which tech companies have indicated may lead them to block the news content rather than pay for it.
