Google Secures 5-Year Exemption from Canada's Online News Act
The CRTC's decision allows Google to contribute $100 million annually to Canadian news organizations, facilitated by the Canadian Journalism Collective.
- Google must pay $100 million to the Canadian Journalism Collective within 60 days, which will distribute the funds to eligible news outlets.
- The exemption follows Google's agreement to support Canadian media financially, indexed to inflation, as part of the Online News Act requirements.
- The Online News Act mandates large tech companies to compensate Canadian media for content, but Google is currently the only company participating.
- Nearly two-thirds of Google's contribution will support written media, with specific allocations for local, francophone, and Indigenous publications.
- News Media Canada has urged Meta to adopt a similar approach, highlighting the value of real news content on social media platforms.
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