Trudeau's Censorship Czar announces new 'Online News Act' to curb 'harmful disinformation'

The bill aims to create a new legislative and regulatory framework that would mitigate bargaining imbalances between digital platforms and news outlets over the way digital platforms allow news content to be accessed and shared on their platforms

-- Post Millennial, --April 7, 2022

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Liberal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced the Trudeau Liberals' second bill that will dramatically alter internet freedoms for Canadians, this time in the form of Bill C-18; The "Online News Act." According to the government of Canada's website, the bill will "ensure that major digital platforms fairly compensate news publishers for their content and enhance fairness in the Canadian digital news marketplace, including the sustainability of independent local news businesses."-- More...

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