Canada vows to be next country to go after Facebook to pay for news after Australia reuters.com

Canada has vowed to make Facebook pay for news content as it seeks allies in the media battle with tech giants, pledging not to give up if Facebook blocks the country’s news as it did in Australia.

Facebook on Thursday blocked all Australian news content both local and international on its service over proposed legislation requiring it and Google to pay fees to Australian publishers for news links Facebook shares on its platform.

“Canada is at the forefront of this battle … we are really among the first group of countries around the world that are doing this,” Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, told reporters. Guilbeault is in charge of crafting similar legislation to be unveiled in coming months.

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