How Canadians see news online could be forever changed by the government’s Bill C-18, The Online News Act, which has been working its way through parliament. Under the terms of Bill C-18, small, independent media organizations, known as intermediaries, will have to negotiate with the likes of Meta and Google to pay for sharing links to news seen online within Canada. Now, Bill C-18 will change what news articles people will see online. These critical AI policy questions will not be decided by Bill C-18 and some say the bill is out of date before being implemented. In summary, Bill C-18 will make the problem the government is supposedly trying to fix, worse.

Source: CBC News June 23, 2023 20:38 UTC