Canada: Signed Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada (Online News Act/C-18) including fair compensation requirement

On 22 June 2023, the Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada (Online News Act/C-18), including fair compensation requirement, received Royal Assent. The Act requires large platform providers to negotiate equitable agreements with media outlets that share content on their platforms and assist the media outlets within these negotiations. News organisations would be allowed to bargain collectively with the platform to establish the fee for the news content distribution on the platform. The Department of Canadian Heritage is required to issue regulations on the application and enforcement of the Act.