As Canada seeks payment for online news, Google weighs blocking news

MONTREAL, Canada: Google has said that it will trial blocking news content in Canada for some users, in preparation for enforcement of the Canadian government's "Online News Act" which forces Google to pay news organizations for the news it posts online.

Also known as the House of Commons bill C-18, the act, introduced in April by Justin Trudeau's Liberal government, aims to force platforms, such as Meta's Faceb