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Federal government considered requiring AI platforms to pay news platforms, document suggests

A 2024 briefing note muses about whether a bill requiring tech companies to pay for news could apply to AI platforms

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

2 Jun 2025 • 4 min read

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The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone with an AI-generated image of a robot looking in the mirror in the background
The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model. Documents obtained by the IJF show that the federal government pondered requiring AI companies to pay for news content under the Online News Act. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

Zak is a Vancouver-based reporter focusing on white-collar crime in British Columbia. He previously reported for The Tyee and The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

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