Canada shakes down the platforms

More countries are seeking payouts for publishers. Will Meta's line in the sand hold?

“canadian flag planted on a computer, digital art” / DALL-E

Today let’s talk about an escalating conflict over the role that platforms should play in funding journalism — and what, if anything, platforms have learned since this issue first came to a head.

For a brief moment in 2021, Facebook suddenly began preventing people from sharing links to Australia…