Google At Committee

• Google says it may ‘assess’ future news access in Canada over Bill C-18

  A Google executive told a Senate committee the company has shared its concerns with the government's online news bill for over a year, but those concerns have not been considered.

  Tech

  May 3, 2023
  
• Google won’t rule out blocking news in Canada if Liberal bill passes, exec tells MPs

  Earlier this year, Google ran a five-week test that prevented 3.3 per cent of its Canadians users from seeing news links when searching for journalism on its search engine.

  Tech

  Apr 20, 2023
  
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• Google executive committee testimony over blocked news access delayed by glitches

  Four executives were summoned to appear after Google confirmed it was conducting a test to limit news access to some Canadian users in response to the proposed Online News Act.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2023