Tue Feb 28, 2023 – 8:59 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – After Tech giant Google blocked access to some online news content for many Canadians in what it said was a test run to prepare for a federal Liberal government internet censorship bill, Canadian MPs have now demanded the company’s CEO explain why this was done.
On Tuesday, the House of Commons Heritage Committee in a unanimous vote said it is requiring a multitude of Google officers be summoned to testify for the news content blocking fiasco.
Those being summoned include Google CEO Sundar Pichai; Richard Gingras, vice president of news; Sabrina Geremia, vice president and country manager; and Kent Walker, parent company Alphabet global affairs and chief legal officer.
Of note is that the summons only legally applies to people living in Canada. Only Geremia is in Canada, so it remains unclear if the other officers will abide by the summons.
Last week, news broke that Google confirmed that it was temporarily limiting news content access for just under 4% of Canadian users.
The limitation of news applies to the Google search engine as well as the Discover feature on Android devices that relays the
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