{"id":1926647,"date":"2023-05-08T13:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-threatens-to-stop-sharing-news-if-canada-enacts-regulatory-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:29:42","slug":"meta-threatens-to-stop-sharing-news-if-canada-enacts-regulatory-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-threatens-to-stop-sharing-news-if-canada-enacts-regulatory-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta may stop sharing news if Canada passes regulatory bill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeta-threatens-to-stop-sharing-news-if-canada-enacts-regulatory-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1926647&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Meta Threatens to Stop Sharing News in Canada Over Pending Legislation<\/h2>\n<p>Facebook parent company Meta has taken a hardball approach towards pending legislation in Canada that would force it to share more profits with journalism outfits. In response, the company has threatened to stop sharing news altogether in the country. This form of regulation has gained support in the United States as well.<\/p>\n<h3>The Invidious Position of Meta<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;This legislation puts Meta in an invidious position,&#8221; said Meta spokesman Nick Clegg in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-threatens-to-stop-sharing-news-if-canada-enacts-regulatory-bill\/\" title=\"Meta may stop sharing news if Canada passes regulatory bill.\">prepared testimony made public<\/a> on Monday. &#8220;In order to comply, we have to either operate in a flawed and unfair regulatory environment or we have to end the availability of news content in Canada. With a heavy heart, we choose the latter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Legislation in Question<\/h3>\n<p>The legislation in question, C-18, would force Big Tech companies to negotiate compensation deals with news organizations so that they must pay them for all content published on their platforms. The bill is intended to help the Canadian news industry thrive in light of a waning advertising industry. The House of Commons has approved the bill, and the Senate is considering it. It is expected to pass by summer.<\/p>\n<p>Clegg said the bill is &#8220;flawed legislation&#8221; that would &#8220;subsidize big broadcasters at the expense of independent publishers and digital news sites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Facebook&#8217;s History of Threatening to Pull News<\/h3>\n<p>Facebook has threatened to pull news in past tussles with governments. Congress is considering a similar bill in the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act in 2023. The bill was pushed through the Judiciary Committee last term but failed to pass due to disagreements about amendments. Meta made similar threats over the JCPA.<\/p>\n<p>The company banned sharing and viewing news stories in Australia after the country passed a law requiring the Big Tech giant to pay news outlets for their content. Yet the ban was reversed within days after international pressure.<\/p>\n<h3>Desantis Takes Aim at Big Tech But Clocks Small Businesses Instead<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just Canada and the United States that are grappling with the issue of Big Tech and news sharing. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-push-to-rein-in-big-tech-as-federal-gears-grind-slow\/\" title=\"States Push to Rein in Big Tech as Federal Gears Grind Slow\">fine social media companies<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-deals-major-blow-to-big-tech-and-sets-up-scotus-to-restore-free-speech\/\" title=\"Federal Court Deals Major Blow To Big Tech And Sets Up SCOTUS To Restore Free Speech\">banning political candidates<\/a>. However, the bill has been criticized for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-panel-advances-bidens-labor-secretary-nominee-julie-su\/\" title=\"Senate Panel Advances Biden\u2019s Labor Secretary Nominee Julie Su\">potentially harming small businesses<\/a> instead of the intended targets.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The issue of Big Tech and news sharing is a complex one, with valid arguments on both sides. As legislation continues to be proposed and debated, it remains to be seen how companies like Meta and Facebook will respond.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will they continue to threaten to pull news?<\/li>\n<li>Will they negotiate compensation deals with news organizations?<\/li>\n<li>Or will they find a new solution altogether?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook parent company Meta threatened to stop sharing news in Canada in response to pending legislation that would force it to share more profits with journalism outfits, a hardball approach toward a form of regulation that has gained support in the United States as well. &#8220;This legislation puts Meta in an invidious position,&#8221; Meta spokesman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1926648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3895,3957,9276,4133,5448,6985,11033],"class_list":["post-1926647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bill","tag-canada","tag-meta","tag-news","tag-passes","tag-regulatory","tag-sharing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1926647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1926647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1926648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1926647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1926647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1926647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}