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Canada may soon echo Australia in making internet companies pay news publishers to use their content. CBC News reports Canada’s ruling Liberal Party has introduced legislation requiring that Facebook, Google and other online firms compensate news outlets for either reproducing or easing access to content. The money would help foster the “sustainability” of Canadian news,…

Google is rolling out some updates for Search and News it hopes will reduce the spread of misinformation. Since last June, the company has applied labels to results for “rapidly evolving topics,” which include things like breaking news and viral videos that are spreading quickly. It may suggest checking back later for more details as…

A woman was dragged out of a press conference when she staged a protest against French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.During an event aimed at highlighting the far-right leader’s international policy, the protester held up a picture of Ms Le Pen meeting Russia’s Vladimir Putin in 2017.She was pulled across the floor and out of…

Expect new product announcements on September 28th Contributors: Verge Staff When Amazon announces new products in the fall, it often does it in bulk — fitting for a retailer, maybe, but harder to discern what’s what and which new products are most worthy of your attention. The Verge will try and help with that. We…

Facebook is planning to reduce political content in the News Feed starting today, it confirmed to Engadget. The move, which was first reported by Axios, follows tests in the US, Canada, Brazil and Indonesia earlier this year, where Facebook limited political content. The company plans to expand the tests to Costa Rica, Sweden, Spain and…