The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will impose a fee on Google to enforce a law requiring internet platforms to pay for news content, with costs coming into effect from April 1. The levy is part of a global trend to make internet giants pay for news, as Canada seeks to address media industry concerns. Google will pay $100 million annually to news companies as part of a deal with the federal government, while Meta chose to block news on its platforms to avoid payments, with Alphabet’s Google and Facebook-parent Meta meeting the threshold for large companies required to pay news organizations.
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