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    Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

    by Rob Gillies Nov 29, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Canada's government said Wednesday it reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country's news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content.

    The agreement removes a threat by Google to block the ability to search and Instagram parent company already has been blocking Canadian news since earlier this year.

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