Ottawa Still Trying to Negotiate With Meta Over News Blocking, Says Trudeau

Ottawa Still Trying to Negotiate With Meta Over News Blocking, Says Trudeau
Attendees visit the Meta booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023 in San Francisco on March 22, 2023. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is still trying to negotiate with tech giant Meta over its threats to block news sharing for Canadians following the passage of legislation obliging big tech companies to pay Canadian news outlets for content shared on the platforms.

A spokesperson for Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said on June 27 that the tech giant is “proceeding towards ending the availability of news permanently in Canada” once the Online News Act comes into force this December.