Make 'em pay | FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Heritage Minister Guilbeault; Finance Minister Morneau; cc your MP

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Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,

Canadian journalism organizations are going bankrupt by the day, yet Canada allows companies like Facebook to take their content without permission or payment.

That's grotesquely unfair, and it's killing the vital local news I rely on to keep myself and my family safe from COVID-19.

This company spreads lethal COVID misinformation during a public health crisis. Deficits are soaring but they pay no taxes. And to think that after all that, we don't even require them to pay for the content they take... that's just unbelievable.

Please show some leadership today. Follow France and Australia in forcing Facebook to pay Canadian journalism outlets for news that circulates on their platform.

Sincerely,

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,

Canadian journalism organizations are going bankrupt by the day, yet Canada allows companies like Facebook to take their content without permission or payment.

That's grotesquely unfair, and it's killing the vital local news I rely on to keep myself and my family safe from COVID-19.

This company spreads lethal COVID misinformation during a public health crisis. Deficits are soaring but they pay no taxes. And to think that after all that, we don't even require them to pay for the content they take... that's just unbelievable.

Please show some leadership today. Follow France and Australia in forcing Facebook to pay Canadian journalism outlets for news that circulates on their platform.

Sincerely,

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Facebook makes billions selling content created by Canadians, especially journalists. They don’t ask permission. They just take it.

There’s a word for taking someone’s stuff without permission or payment: theft. And Canadian journalism is paying the price. Since 2009, Canadian media have shed almost 20,000 jobs. During that time, Facebook’s revenue grew almost 100-fold. But payouts to Canadian news outlets are still $0.

While Facebook cashes out, the people who make the news are disappearing. And with them the real news we depend on.

When Australia tried to get Facebook to pay journalists for news content, Facebook answered by banning all Australian journalism from its platform, leaving only hate, illegal content, and misinformation to fill the void.

Canada is set to adopt rules similar to Australia to get Facebook to compensate Canadian journalists for the news content Mark Zuckerberg makes billions from. We need to send a message that we won’t be pushed around.

Show Facebook we won’t be pushed around.

SIGN THE PETITION TO DEMAND THAT PRIME MINSTER TRUDEAU FORCES FACEBOOK TO PAY FOR THE NEWS THEY TAKE.