'A free and independent press is fundamental to our democracy,' Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said in a statement. It should take six months for Bill C-18 to come into force. Now that the bill has received royal assent, the Department of Canadian Heritage will draft regulations specifying the application of the act and provide guidance on implementing it. content from news outlets, including news publishers and broadcasters, will no longer be available to people accessing our platforms in Canada,' Meta said in a media statement. 'We have repeatedly shared that in order to comply with Bill C-18. Meta said it will begin to block news for Canadian users over the next few months and that the change will not be immediate.

The tech company made the announcement on Thursday, the same day the bill received royal assent. The law will force tech giants like Meta and Google to pay news outlets for posting their journalism on their platforms. The social media giant Meta has confirmed that it will end access to news on its social media sites for all Canadian users before Bill C-18, the Online News Act, comes into force.

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