Google News

• Google exploited search dominance to lock out competitors, U.S. DOJ claims

  Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove Google rigged the market in its favor by locking its search engine in as the default choice.

  U.S. News

  Sep 12, 2023
  
• Amid C-18 row, media group urges advertisers to pledge 25% of budgets to local news

  The call to support local media sources comes amid years of declining advertising for Canadian news as ad dollars migrate to tech giants.

  Money

  Jul 13, 2023
  
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• 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
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• 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
• Google to stop blocking Canadian news links next week

  Google says it will end its block on news links next week following a five-week test that limited access to news for some Canadian users.

  Politics

  Mar 10, 2023
• 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
• MPs summon Google CEO to face questions over blocking news access

  Google's CEO Sundar Pichai along with other executives are being summoned to testify at a meeting of the House of Commons heritage committee on Monday.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2023
• Google to limit some Canadians from viewing news in response to Ottawa’s Bill C-18

  The company says it is limiting access to news content online to under four per cent of its Canadian users of its products in response to the proposed Online News Act.

  Tech

  Feb 22, 2023
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• Google Canada starts layoffs as parent company cuts 12,000 workers globally

  Google Canada spokesperson Lauren Skelly said notifications were being sent on Monday to staff impacted by the cuts announced last month.

  Tech

  Feb 6, 2023
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• Google raises ‘serious’ concerns over bill to force platforms to pay for news

  Bill C-18 would create a framework within which ``digital news intermediaries,'' or major online platforms, must negotiate deals with eligible news media.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2022