Fri Jul 14, 2023 – 12:38 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Most Canadians are worried about being unable to access news content due to the Trudeau government’s internet censorship bill.
According to a July 10 survey by the Angus Reid Institute, 63 percent of Canadians voiced concern over losing access to news on Facebook and Google after both companies promised to block Canadian content rather than pay publishing fees under the recently passed Online News Act.
“An escalating tug of war between the Liberal government and Big Tech – with Canadian news content in the middle – is heating up an already hot summer in Canada,” the report warned.
Canada’s Senate passed the Online News Act, or Bill C-18, in June and it quickly became law. The House of Commons had passed Bill C-18 in December 2022.
The law mandates that online tech companies be forced to pay publishers for news content shared on their sites.
While 61 percent of Canadians believe tech companies should pay to publish Canadian news, the remaining 49 percent hold that forcing companies to pay is impractical and the Trudeau government should back down on their demands.
Similarly, only 26 percent hold that the government should
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