Google Exempt From Online News Act for Five Years, Must Pay News Outlets $100M: CRTC

Google Exempt From Online News Act for Five Years, Must Pay News Outlets $100M: CRTC
A sign is pictured out of a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on May 8, 2019. Paresh Dave/Reuters
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has granted Google a five-year exemption from the Online News Act, ordering it to pay $100 million to Canadian news outlets within 60 days.

Google agreed last year to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million a year in order to be exempt from the law, which compels tech companies to enter into agreements with news publishers.