The thought of mandatory license fees to post a hyperlink is really depressing. It's newspapers today, but tomorrow it will be Twitter or Facebook demanding payment for inbound links. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/google-tells-canada-it-wont-pay-link-tax-will-pull-news-links-from-search/
Google tells Canada it won’t pay “link tax,” will pull news links from search

Canada requiring payments from tech to news orgs; similar bills pending in US.

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