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Heritage Committee summons Google execs over news blocking

Brief | February 28, 2023

The House of Commons Heritage committee voted Tuesday to summon top executives from Alphabet Inc.‘s Google to appear before the committee on Mar. 6, days after the Canadian Press reported that the tech giant had begun blocking some news content in response to the government’s plan to force web giants to negotiate compensation with Canadian news publishers. 

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