Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Anja Karadeglija
Publication Date: August 14, 2025 - 18:56
U.S. State Department report depicts Online News Act as undermining press freedom in Canada
August 14, 2025
The U.S. State Department is taking aim at Canada’s Online News Act in a human rights report that criticizes press freedom in Canada – which experts characterized Thursday as Orwellian.
The Online News Act, which requires Meta and Google to compensate news publishers for the use of their content, is cited in a section of the report covering freedom of the press.
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