Some reflections on the Australian experience and what they might mean for Canada.

After Google’s move on Thursday, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez sent a written statement calling the companies’ moves “deeply irresponsible and out of touch … especially when they make billions of dollars off of Canadian users” with advertising.

Australia’s regulatory experiment – the first of its kind in the world – also got off to a rocky start, but it has since seen tech companies, news publishers and the government reach a middle ground.

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    Google and Meta are not the internet. They think it belongs to them and act like it’s their kingdom. But they’re wrong.

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      In some countries, Facebook is used as a synonym for “the Internet” because large portions of the population access the web through Facebook.

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