A representative for the tech giant Meta said Monday that the company plans to block access to Canadian news content on its platforms if Parliament passes Bill C-18, which mandates that the company pay news publishers for hosting content.
“Ultimately, this legislation puts Meta in an unfavourable situation. 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,” Kevin Chan, Meta’s global policy director, said before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on May 8.
