[Corvus]

“The agreement would see Canadian news continue to be shared on Google's platforms in return for the company making annual payments to news companies in the range of $100 million, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told CBC News.”

[KingLancelot]

Countries are now extorting American tech companies, that’s what’s really going on here.

[bensecure]

If you're doing business in a country, naturally you need to deal with the regulatory environment of that country. Its surprising to see such explicit american chauvinism when discussing this issue.

[chongli]

Yeah it’s a shakedown. I don’t see them getting any money out of Facebook though. I actually think Facebook is a better experience for users without news.

[morbicer]

Well it's a shitty way to operate but since these companies pay close to zero taxes I kinda support it