Extraterritorial Influence

Johns urges the government to resolve Meta’s removal of news content, warning that dominant digital advertising revenues for Google and Meta are contributing to local newspaper closures and an attack on media, worsening disinformation; he calls for a governmental solution to the ban.

Marc Miller says Canada’s door is open to preliminary discussions about issues arising from the Online News Act and Online Streaming Act, he defends those laws’ value, and indicates he is not personally conducting those conversations.