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Google <\/strong>has announced that it will completely remove links to Canadian media in its Search, News and Discover sections. The announcement follows Canada’s passage of the Online News Act<\/strong>, which will force large technology companies to pay their news publishers for linking to their content.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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“The unprecedented decision to put a price on links (the so-called ‘link tax’) creates uncertainty for our products and exposes us to unlimited financial liability<\/strong> simply for making it easier for Canadians to access news from Canadian publishers<\/a>,” Kent Walker<\/strong>, president of Global Affairs at Google, says in his release. “We have been saying for more than a year that this is the wrong approach to supporting journalism in Canada and may result in significant changes to our products.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The approval of the Online News Act does not come as a surprise to Google, which has already been preparing for this possibility during these months and tried blocking news links in February<\/a><\/strong>. The company will begin removing links to Canadian media in about six months<\/a><\/strong>, when the new Canadian law comes into force. In addition, Google will stop offering Google News Showcase<\/a><\/strong>, Google’s service that highlights local news, in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google is the second major company to announce the withdrawal of news on its products. Just a few days ago, Meta <\/strong>also said it will block access to Canadian news on Facebook and Instagram because of this law: “We are confirming that news availability will end on Facebook and Instagram <\/a><\/strong>for all users in Canada before the Online News Act (Bill C-18) comes into force.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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The situation in Canada is reminiscent of what we experienced in Spain in 2014, when Google News left our country <\/a><\/strong>due to a reform of the Intellectual Property Law, which also intended to charge Google for linking to Spanish media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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