February 19th – According to a report by the Canadian Star on the 19th, Canadian Minister of Culture Steven Guilbeault strongly condemned Facebook’s ban on Australian news, calling it “highly irresponsible” and said that it would develop a category with Australia.
Similar to press and publication regulations, requiring digital platforms to pay for news content.
According to reports, Culture Minister Gilbert believes that the impact of the Facebook ban transcends national borders and also affects basic information services such as psychological counselling hotlines and forest fire information outside the news.
He said that last week, five countries, Canada, France, Germany, Finland and Australia, met to discuss how to deal with Internet giants, including media payment fairness.
