Facebook has announced $8 million for journalism in Canada ahead of a hearing at a parliamentary committee next week where the company is expected to face questions about its decision to block users from sharing news in Australia.
The money comes amid a global push by governments and news organizations to make big tech giants like Facebook and Google pay for news that ends up on their platforms.
In a statement on Friday, the company said the cash would go toward extending the Facebook-Canadian Press News Fellowship through to 2024, a boost for the country’s news wire service.
