Rodriguez leaves door open to regulating Meta's new social media platform Threads

Canada's Heritage Minister is leaving the door open to regulating new social media platform Threads under a bill forcing Google and Meta to pay publishers for content they link to or repurpose.

Asked Wednesday whether he had given any thought to capturing Meta's new social network in the Online News Act known as Bill C-18, Pablo Rodriguez said, "that's going to be eventually included in the regulation."

"It could be captured by the bill. We're looking at that," he said.

"We don't know yet, but it's going to be more precise as we go into regulations."