By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday unveiled draft legislation to combat online hate that would force major companies to quickly remove harmful content and boost the penalty for inciting genocide to life in prison. The Liberal government of Prime

By Divya Rajagopal and Juby Babu (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co is considering building an electric vehicle plant in Canada in a near-2-trillion-yen ($13.83 billion) project that could possibly include in-house production of batteries, Japan's Nikkei news group reported on Sunday. The

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday banned Chinese messaging application WeChat and Russian antivirus program Kaspersky on government-issued mobile devices due to privacy and security risks, but said government information had not been compromised. The ban was announced after

By Ismail Shakil and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada unveiled draft rules on Friday for a law to compel internet giants to pay news outlets, saying it was addressing the tech companies' concerns, but Facebook said it would stick to

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta lift a "reckless" ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the west of the country. Meta started blocking news

It happened in Canada, and someone lost out on nearly €60,000 An emoji is the equivalent of signing a contract, even without the paper listing the terms of the agreement and even without the pen needed to sign the pact. The

By Tiyashi Datta and Samrhitha Arunasalam  (Reuters) - Quebecor said on Wednesday it will pull its ads from Facebook and Instagram, following Meta Platforms' decision to stop access to news on the platforms in Canada over a law requiring payments to

Meta has announced that it will block access to links containing news articles on Facebook and Instagram in Canada. The decision comes in response to the passing of the Online News Act, a law wanted by the Canadian government and due to come into

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) - Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when a law requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the Alphabet-owned company said on Thursday. Google joins