'The world is watching' Canada's online news feud, Heritage minister says
BNN Bloomberg
As Canada’s fight with Meta and Google escalates, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said other countries and organizations are keeping a keen eye to see how things play out.
Rodriguez told BNN Bloomberg Wednesday that he has meetings with representatives from the U.K., U.S., Indonesia and Brazil about the fallout from the Online News Act.
“Meta’s attitude is unacceptable,” he said. “They’re trying to intimidate Canadians. By intimidating Canadians, they’re trying to intimidate Americans and citizens from other countries and also governments from other countries.”
On Wednesday, the federal government announced it was suspending all advertising from Facebook and Instagram, which was followed by the province of Quebec and City of Montreal making similar pledges.
