Google had also threatened to block news access in Canada, but it agreed to continue discussions with the government. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said talks with Meta were at an impasse.

The Google agreement marks a departure from the path taken by Instagram-parent Meta, which opted to pull news content from its platforms in Canada in response to C-18.

Google to Block News Search Products in Canada. The U.S. tech giant follows Meta pulling content from Facebook and Instagram north of the border after Bill C-18, or the country’s Online News Act ...

Google will also end its Google News Showcase program in Canada, which pays news publishers to curate news stories on Google platforms. “We’re disappointed it has come to this.

Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers.

Google announced its decision to remove links to Canadian news from its Search, News, and Discover products in response to Canada’s recently enacted Bill C-18.

Google complained that Canada's Online News Act "requir[es] two companies to pay for simply showing links to news, something that everyone else does for free.

Google says it will remove links to local news in Canada across its Search, News, and Discover products in response to the country’s passage of the Online News Act.

In response to the Canadian Online News Act, which aims to compensate publishers, both Meta, Facebook's parent company, and Google are instead looking to block news entirely.

The Google logo is displayed at their offices, Nov. 1, 2018, in London. Canada’s Senate on Thursday, June 22, 2023, passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news ...

The Google agreement marks a departure from the path taken by Instagram-parent Meta, which opted to pull news content from its platforms in Canada in response to C-18.