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 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 ...

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In February, Google disputed the bureau's definition of Canada's ad market, and said the financial penalty being sought is unconstitutional.

Canada scrapped a digital services tax that would have hit U.S. tech companies such as Google and Amazon after President Trump halted trade talks and threatened higher tariffs on Canadian imports.

President Donald Trump announced the suspension of trade talks with Canada, citing the country's digital service tax on American companies like Amazon and Google as the reason for the decision. "I ...

Donald Trump said that he was ending trade talks with Canada over its digital services tax, which will impact major tech firms like Google, Meta and Amazon. Trump also said that he would hit Canada ...