Inside Big Tech’s playbook to halt media compensation laws
Meta and Google ran public campaigns, made threats to stop serving news, struck private deals and mobilized prominent supporters to try to influence or stall laws in Brazil, Canada, Indonesia and Australia.
16 Sep 2025 • 32 min read
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Carly Penrose
Carly is a Toronto-based journalist. She holds a master of journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work has appeared in the National Post, This Magazine and The Canadian Press.
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