Spiking Op-Eds: How the Government’s Online News Act is Already Leading to Media Self-Censorship
Michael Geist
APRIL 14, 2022
Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez introduced Bill C-18, the Online News Act, a bill that adopts an extreme approach to compensation by requiring payments for merely facilitating access to news in any way and in any amount. In fact, I’ve been advised that further commissioned opinion pieces are on the way.
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