Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Wednesday that the government needs to stand up to tech giants Google and Meta over their stance to remove Canadian news from their platforms at the end of the year, when the government’s Online News Act is set to be implemented. “If the government and politicians don’t stand up against that kind of bullying or intimidation, who will?” he asked.
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