Heritage Minister Pablo Rodrigeuz said on July 12 that he is open to regulating Meta’s new social media platform “Threads” under the Online News Act, which requires tech giants to pay Canadian media outlets for news content linked on their platforms.
“That’s eventually going to be included in the regulation,” Mr. Rodriguez said on July 12 when asked by reporters whether he had thought about capturing the new social network in the Online News Act, formerly known as Bill C-18.
“It could be captured by the bill. We’re looking at that. We don’t know yet, but it’s going to be more precise as we go into regulations,” he said….