Canada’s newspaper publishers say the “free ride” for Google and Facebook must stop. News Media Canada, an organization representing the country’s newspapers including the Toronto Star, launched a campaign this week urging the federal government to bring in a new regulatory regime to halt what it calls “monopolistic” practices by the two Internet giants. “Virtually all our digital media outlets now face an existential threat because of the anti-competitive practices of web giants Facebook and Google,” News Media Canada said in a report unveiled Thursday. The dominant digital platforms use this content without providing a fair level of compensation to publishers,” it stated. They would require Google and Facebook to negotiate with Canadian media outlets on a deal to pay for that content.

Source: thestar October 23, 2020 09:56 UTC