The Online News Act passed last Thursday and would force platforms like Google and Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, to strike deals with Canadian media publishers for sharing, previewing and directing users to online Canadian news content.
It does include just linking.
That’s just a horrible decision all around. It’s blatantly obvious that this will hurt the producers of the content far more than help. Why is it that the people making decisions about the internet always seem to have never used it?
I really wonder if this would effect individuals such as ourselves that post/share news links on social media platforms as well.
Could you imagine your Grandma needing to pay a fee to post a news article on her Facebook wall? 😂