As wildfire season approaches, Canadians —especially northerners and Indigenous Peoples — are being let down by Meta and their government when they need them most.
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Google has secured significant concessions in its deal with Ottawa over Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which comes into effect on Dec. 19.
Meta’s blocking of Canadian news reveals how reliant Canada’s media industry is on the U.S. The government must create a better funding model to provide support for Canadian media.
Social media has been vital for disseminating information during crises, but with Facebook’s ban of news in Canada, old-school media, especially radio, is critically important.
A series of crises in the Canadian media sector will become a crucial test for what the country’s media landscape could and should look like in the 21st century.
Australia’s law to force tech giants like Meta and Google to pay media organizations has not always meant better outcomes for journalism. Will the same happen in Canada?
The Online News Act could result in the formation of new agreements between news organizations and digital platform giants, which could give rise to a number of worrying developments.
There’s no evidence that news outlets are worse off because of Google, Facebook and other aggregators. If anything, evidence shows that, overall, news outlets would be in worse shape without them.
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, Sociology/Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor of Journalism and Digital Media, Mount Royal University
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Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Ontario
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Associate Professor of Public Relations, Mount Royal University
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing and Media, University of British Columbia
