Facebook is not ruling out banning Canadians from sharing news on its platform and says it will voluntarily report revenues and promote journalism in the country ahead of what could be a contentious regulatory battle with Ottawa.
The company made the controversial decision to remove news sharing on its platform in Australia just as that country moved to make digital platforms pay news organizations for content.
“It is never going to be something that we would want to do, unless we really have no choice,” said Kevin Chan, Facebook Canada’s public policy director, during testimony at the House of Commons heritage committee on Monday.
