"The government increased the estimated revenues from Bill C-18 by more than 50% since last December. How? By establishing what amounts to a 4% link tax. If you are Google or Meta and you link to news, you must pay at least 4% of revenues in media deals."
#canada #cdnpoli #C18 #politics
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/09/a-4-link-tax-why-the-governments-draft-bill-c-18-regulations-just-increased-the-chances-of-no-news-on-meta-and-google-in-canada/
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