Google Russia Declares Bankruptcy ; Canada forces Google and Facebook to pay News Publishers

Published: May 19, 2022, 4:40 p.m.

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Google Russia declares bankruptcy after Russian authorities seize bank account.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/05/googles-russia-subsidiary-is-filing-for-bankruptcy/

Canada forces Google and Facebook to pay news publishers for loss of ad revenue \\u2013 Search Engine Journal and the misuse of the word tax.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-criticizes-canadas-proposed-link-tax/450878/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-google-warns-ottawas-online-news-act-would-break-its-search-engine/

-Online News Act, Bill C18\\xa0

\\u201cto compel global tech companies such as Facebook and Google to negotiate payment agreements with news organizations as compensation for news content that appears on the large platforms.\\u201d Modeled on successful Australian legislation\\xa0

\\u201cThere is no link tax. Canadians are not paying for anything, and no money goes to the government. Facebook and Google earn money from having links to news sites on their platforms because the work of independent journalists has value,\\u201d Ashley Michnowski, spokesperson for Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said. \\u201cWe have had constructive conversations with Google, yet they\\u2019re pulling from their original playbook in Australia when Google tried to avoid regulation by exaggerating their concerns.\\u201d

Facebook\\u2019s Most Followed Content is mostly Spam \\u2013 Facebook transparency Report

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/facebooks-most-widely-viewed-links-dominated-by-spam/450826/

Top 101 SEO Tools that are free \\u2013 Jon Clark, Search Engine Journal

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/top-seo-tools-free/435299/

John Mu \\u2013 Spam is Spam, no matter what language you speak

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-see-search-spam-in-multiple-languages-33438.html

Interaction to Next Paint might become a core web vital

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-core-web-vitals-fid-with-inp-33429.html




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