What is the Online News Act (Bill C-18)?

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What is the Online News Act (Bill C-18)?

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Bill C-18 regulates digital news intermediaries to enhance fairness in the Canadian digital news marketplace and contribute to its sustainability.

Bill C-18 establishes a framework through which digital news intermediary operators and news businesses may enter into agreements respecting news content that is made available by digital news intermediaries. The framework takes into account principles of freedom of expression and journalistic independence.

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