Law note · Canada
Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations
cite SOR/2023-276
stage IN FORCE in force since 2023-12-19
Sets the thresholds triggering the Online News Act: global revenue exceeding C$1 billion and at least 20 million Canadian monthly unique visitors (search) or active users (social media). Requires the largest search engine by Canadian advertising market share to provide at least C$100 million per year (CPI-indexed via formula: C$100M × CPIx ÷ CPI2023) to news businesses as a condition of exemption eligibility. Published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 158, No. 1 (January 3, 2024); in force December 19, 2023.
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