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Last month, Google started testing limited news censorship as a potential response to a Canadian government bill that aims to compel online platforms to pay publishers in Canada for news content.
Google has claimed that the test is like thousands of other product tests the company conducts on a regular basis.
The tests, which the company says affected less than 4% of Canadian users, began on Feb. 9 and were scheduled to run for five weeks.
Speaking to a parliamentary committee investigating the tests, Google's public policy manager Jason Kee confirmed that the tests would end next week.
\"I want to underline these are just tests. No decisions have been made about product changes,\" Kee said.
Last month, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was a \"terrible mistake\" for Google to block news content in reaction to \"Online News Act,\" a government bill that created rules for platforms like Meta<\/a>'s Facebook and Google to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers.
\"It really surprises me that Google has decided that they'd rather prevent Canadians from accessing news than actually paying journalists for the work they do,\" he said at the time.
During the panel, questions were raised about local journalism outlets, like the 13-14 local, weekly papers that MP Martin Shields has in his riding.
\"Blocking is something that I think irritates the local people, the grassroots people. The unintended consequences here of this move, I don't think is a way to negotiate and I think it's a mistake on your part,\" Shields said to Sabrina Geremia, the head of Google Canada<\/a>.
Geremia said Google is a contributor to news in Canada, driving 3.6 billion free visits from Canadians visiting links to news sites, and has licensing agreements in place with over 150 publications coast to coast.
Facebook has also raised concerns about the legislation and warned it might be forced to block news-sharing on its platform.
Canada's news media industry has asked the government for more regulation of tech companies to allow the industry to recoup financial losses it has suffered in the years that the tech giants steadily gained greater market share of advertising.
Ottawa's proposal is similar to a ground-breaking law that Australia passed in 2021, which too triggered threats from Google and Facebook to curtail their services. Both eventually struck deals with Australian media companies after a series of amendments to the legislation were offered.
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加拿大议会问题谷歌高管在news-blocking测试乐动扑克
上个月,谷歌开始测试有限新闻审查作为一个潜在的回应加拿大政府法案,该法案旨在迫使在线平乐动扑克台为新闻内容支付出版商在加拿大。
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上个月,谷歌开始测试有限新闻审查作为一个潜在的回应加拿大政府法案,该法案旨在迫使在线平乐动扑克台为新闻内容支付出版商在加拿大。
谷歌声称,测试就像成千上万的其他公司定期进行产品测试。
的测试,该公司表示,受影响的只有不到4%的加拿大用户,2月9日开始,连续5周调度运行。
向一个议会委员会调查测试,Google的公共政策经理Jason凯确认测试将在下周结束。
“我想要强调这只是测试。还没有决定对产品变化,”凯说。
贾斯汀上个月,加拿大总理特鲁多说这是“严重的错误”,谷歌在反应阻止新闻内容“在线新闻行动,”政府法案,创建规则等平台乐动扑克元Facebook和谷歌的商业交易和支付新闻出版商进行谈判。乐动扑克
”真的让我感到惊讶的是,谷歌已经决定,他们宁愿阻止加拿大访问新闻记者比实际支付他们所做的工作,”他说。乐动扑克
在面板中,有人对当地新闻媒体提出质疑,像当地13 - 14日,周刊报纸,议员马丁盾牌在他骑。
“封锁是我认为刺激当地人民,基层的人。这里的意想不到的后果的举动,我不认为是一种谈判,我认为这是一个错误,“盾对塞布丽娜Geremia说,Google加拿大。
Geremia表示,谷歌是一个贡献者的新闻在加拿大,36亿年开车免费访问加拿大新乐动扑克闻网站的链接,并许可协议与150多个出版物东海岸到西海岸。
Facebook还担忧该法案,并警告说它可能会被迫块news-sharing平台。乐动扑克
加拿大的新闻媒体行乐动扑克业已经要求政府对科技公司允许该行业进行更多的监管来弥补经济损失它遭受了多年的科技巨头不断获得更大的市场份额的广告。
渥太华的提议是类似于一个突破性的法律,澳大利亚在2021年通过,这也引发了来自谷歌和Facebook的威胁减少他们的服务。与澳大利亚媒体公司最终达成协议之后的一系列修改立法了。
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