Under Online News Act, Meta, Google might have to pay CA$230 million to Canadian media

If Google and Meta contribute nearly CA$230 million between them to Canadian media outlets, they could receive exemptions under the Online News Act.

There were the estimates offered by Ottawa, as the Department of Canadian Heritage released draft regulations towards the implementation of the Act, which has already seen Meta remove news links from its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, in Canada, while Google has threatened to do the same.

The break-up of the amount due from the two tech giants, according to Canadian media, is CA$ 172 million for Google and CA$ 62 million in compensation from them to Canadian journalism.