"It is never something we would ever want to do unless we really have no choice," Kevin Chan told a parliamentary committee hearing Monday.
Ottawa is working on a three-pronged response to the challenges that social media platforms and other major internet-based content providers pose to how media in Canada has been financed, regulated and policed in the past. Facebook already props up struggling legacy media firms by directing traffic to their sites, and cumbersome regulation would hinder a free and open internet, Chan said.
"News is not free and has never been. Our position is clear: publishers must be adequately compensated for their work and we will support them as they deliver essential information for the benefit of our democracy and the health and well-being of our communities," he said.
Oh no, what will we do? Hahahaha. Lick my nuts!
Tax the shit out of them then.
That would be fantastic
I don't look to facebook for news in any case. Go to town.
Now do Twitter.
DeleteFacebook Suckerberg
Facebook marches ever forward towards irrelevancy
Good