Sundar Pichai among those called to testify amid row over proposed legislation that would force it and Facebook to pay for news articles that it republishes
The current row mirrors a previous fight over compensation and access that unfolded in Australia after officials passed legislation that required Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for using their work. Facebook, as did Google, but both later relented and signed a compensation agreement.
Geist has previously criticised the federal government’s decision to include linking and indexing in its bill, which could cost Google hundreds of millions But he understood how the company’s decision to quietly roll out its news filter – admitting to it only after media outlets reported on it – has left Canadians “unsettled” about how the search giant operates.
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