Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-07 00:31:19 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3C106446EB1BEDC54D5991F19C85C6A8AE3701756744DC83570F78B5E8EB08E6
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Canadian news outlets are not being blocked online. Canadians can still visit their favourite news outlet directly. Bill C-18 forces companies like Meta’s Facebook and Google SERP to pay Canadian news outlets for links the link back to the original news story. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-bill-c18-online-news-law-explained/ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2022/04/just-how-extreme-is-bill-c-18-it-mandates-payments-merely-for-facilitating-access-to-news/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/what-is-bill-c-18-and-how-do-i-know-if-google-is-blocking-my-news-content-1.6286816
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