Canada will pay attention to Facebook, following the example of Australia, which started a war with technology, when the country’s publishers upheld the proposed law demanding payment for their content.
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Gilboulet last week called Facebook’s action “extremely irresponsible” when the social media giant removed all Australian Australian news from its sites in retaliation.
Gilbial warned that Canada would be ahead in ensuring that Canadian publishers would pay for news content. Gilbilt has been accused of legislating in the next few months for which Facebook and Alphabet Inc. will have to pay Google.
“Canada is at the forefront of this war … we are actually the first group of countries in the world to do this,” Gilbert told reporters.
Gilbert said he had recently met with government ministers from Australia, Australia, Finland, France and Germany to discuss a common front regarding Google and Facebook, according to the Globe and Mail.
“It was the first cabinet meeting where we started talking jointly about what we wanted to do about the web giants, including fair compensation for the media. We believe that there is real strength in unity. “The growing alliance of countries opposing Facebook and Google could soon reach 15,” he said. “I’m a little excited to see what Facebook’s response will be. Will Facebook connect with Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Australia and other countries that will join? At some point, Facebook’s position will be completely unstable. “
In Canada, critics of the social media giants welcomed the country’s stand on the tech giants. Last week, Canadian legislator Alexandre Boularis condemned Facebook’s actions in a motion in the House of Commons condemning the “threat of Facebook” in a democracy.
“We’re seeing a very important turning point in challenging the big technological monopoly,” Megan Boley, a professor of media studies at the University of Toronto, told The Post in an interview. “Right now, they are deciding what the truth is for the whole world. The exciting thing is that this is an issue on which countries can unite and hold Facebook and Google accountable. ”
But others took to Twitter to push Gilbolt’s plan. “If you force companies to pay for every link you create for each site you’re breaking the Internet,” Tweeted “This hurts the Canadian media; It doesn’t help him. This is a very poorly thought out plan. “
Last year, Canadian publishers called for government action against tech giants, warning that hundreds of printing journalism jobs in the country could be lost. The Australian-Australian approach will allow Canadian publishers to reimburse about 500 500 million. That approach will require tech giants to reach deals to pay for news outlets whose story links take users to their sites.
“We cannot comment on the proposed legislation unless we want a draft,” Kevin Chen, director of global director and public policy at Facebook Canada, said in a statement. “We believe there are other options for supporting news in Canada that will more appropriately benefit publishers of all sizes and recognize the value that the platform brings to news organizations. We are ready to cooperate on these complex issues. ”
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