Google-Parent Alphabet Gets Slapped With New Fee By Canada To Fund Online News Act — Tech Policy Tensions Escalate - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

CRTC to Impose Fee on Google for Online News Law’s Operating Costs

OTTAWA—A Canadian regulator said on Wednesday it will impose a fee on Google to recover the cost of enforcing a law that requires large internet platforms to pay for news content on their websites. The imposition of the levy on the Mountain View, California-based search engine giant comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on U.S. technology firms. The Canad…

CRTC imposes fee on Google to cover cost of enforcing Online News Act

The CRTC says it will impose a fee on Google to recover the cost of enforcing a law that requires large internet platforms to pay for news content on their websites.

Google-Parent Alphabet Gets Slapped With New Fee By Canada To Fund Online News Act — Tech Policy Tensions Escalate - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

A Canadian regulator announced Wednesday it will require Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) to pay a fee to cover the costs of enforcing the country’s Online News Act, adding to growing tensions between Canada and the United States over trade and technology policies. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said the fee will take effect on Apr. 1, with no upper limit established, Reuters reported. Google previously…

Ottawa to impose fee on Google for online news law’s operating costs

CRTC says the vast majority of its operations are funded by fees charged to the companies it regulates

Canada Regulator to Impose Fee on Google For Online News Law's Operating Costs

A Canadian regulator said on Wednesday it will impose a fee on Google to recover the cost of enforcing a law that requires large internet platforms to pay for news content on their websites.The imposition of the levy on the Mountain View, California-based search engine giant comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on US technology firms.The Canadian Radio-t…

Canada to Charge Google for Online News Act Enforcement Costs

Canada’s broadcast regulator is planning to charge Google to recover the cost of enforcing its Online News Act, the Wall Street Journal reported. The levy will come into effect on April 1. In its submission, however, Google noted that it should be exempt because it reached a voluntary agreement with domestic media owners to make annual contributions (more on this below). Google also said, “It is not a rational approach to ask any one company to …