OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Google is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content in what the company said Wednesday is a test run of a potential response to a Canadian government’s online news bill. The company said it is temporarily limiting access to news content for under 4% of its Canadian users as it assesses possible responses to the bill. All types of news content are being affected by the test, which will run for about five weeks, the company said. The company runs thousands of tests each year to assess any potential changes to its search engine, he added. A spokeswoman for Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Canadians will not be intimidated and called it disappointing that Google is borrowing from Meta’s playbook.
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