Canada Follows Jokowi's Rules, Google Finally Wants to Pay Photo: REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann - After months of arguing, Google is finally willing to comply with the 'Online News Act' regulations that apply in Canada. This means that Google will unblock news content in Canada. The search engine giant agreed to pay US$ 100 million or around Rp. 1.5 billion per year to media companies in Canada, quoted from CBC, Thursday (30/11/2023). Inside sources told Radio-Canada and CBC News that Google and the Canadian government reached common ground and agreed to a deal on news payments earlier this week. "Many doubt our efforts will be successful. However, I believe we will find a middle ground with Google," a government representative told reporters outside the House of Commons. Previously, the Canadian government asked Google to pay US$ 172 million, based on the portion of revenue the Mountain View giant earned from news content. However, Google estimates the n
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