The Google agreement marks a departure from the path taken by Instagram-parent Meta, which opted to pull news content from its platforms in Canada in response to C-18.

Google had also threatened to block news access in Canada, but it agreed to continue discussions with the government. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said talks with Meta were at an impasse.

Google will also end its Google News Showcase program in Canada, which pays news publishers to curate news stories on Google platforms. “We’re disappointed it has come to this.

Google says it will remove links to local news in Canada across its Search, News, and Discover products in response to the country’s passage of the Online News Act.

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news ...

Google to Block News Search Products in Canada. The U.S. tech giant follows Meta pulling content from Facebook and Instagram north of the border after Bill C-18, or the country’s Online News Act ...

Google announced its decision to remove links to Canadian news from its Search, News, and Discover products in response to Canada’s recently enacted Bill C-18.

Google complained that Canada's Online News Act "requir[es] two companies to pay for simply showing links to news, something that everyone else does for free.

The Google logo is displayed at their offices, Nov. 1, 2018, in London. Canada’s Senate on Thursday, June 22, 2023, passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news ...

Facebook is beginning the process of blocking news in Canada, parent company Meta said in a blog post on Tuesday. Google also will block links to Canadian journalism later this year for people in ...

Google has argued Canada's law is broader than those in Australia and Europe, saying it puts a price on news story links displayed in search results and can apply to outlets that do not produce news.