Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the government won't pay for ads until Meta agrees to pay news publishers for content.
Google and Facebook combined would wind up paying around CA$329.2 million to news publishers as a result of the legislation.A spokesperson for Rodriguez confirmed the minister’s decision to suspend ads on Facebook and Instagram in an email to Gizmodo.During a press conference earlier in the day, the minister said the decision to cease paying for ads was made in response to Meta’s “unreasonable, [and] irresponsible” decision to begin blocking news access for Canadian users.
The National Post. “We’re convinced what Google is asking at this moment can be done through regulations.”“We believe we have a path forward and we’re willing to continue talking with the platforms,” he added. Meta doesn’t seem to share that sense of conciliatory optimism. In a statement sent to Gizmodo, a Meta spokesperson described the Online News Act as a fundamentally flawed piece of legislation that “ignores the realities of how our platforms work.”“Meta does not proactively collect links to news content to display on our platforms; instead, publishers actively choose to post on Facebook and Instagram because it benefits them to do so,” the spokesperson said.
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