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The Canadian government has reached a deal with Google to prevent the search company from blocking online news when the Online News Act comes into force by the end of the year.

Social media giant Facebook will cut back on the provision of news in the UK, Germany and France from December onwards, the company says in a blog post.

A Canadian minister has repeated calls for Meta to end a ban on news content from the country's outlets being hosted on Facebook and Instagram as wildfires devastate the country and people flee.

Facebook's parent Meta has started blocking access to news feeds in Canada, something it threatened to do after the country passed an online news law that forces digital platforms to cut deals with publishing firms.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stepped up the rhetoric over the recently enacted Online News Act, likening the fight with Facebook and Google to defending democracy in Ukraine or during World War II.

Google has issued a warning to the Canadian Government, saying it would "remove links to Canadian news from our Search, News and Discover products in Canada, and that C-18 will also make it untenable for us to continue offering our Google News Showcase product in Canada".

The Canadian parliament has approved a law that will force digital platforms such as Facebook and Google to pay publishers for the news they use.

Meta, the parent company of social media giant Facebook, has threatened to block the sharing of news feeds in Canada — similar to what it did in Australia — if Ottawa legislates to force it to pay news outlets for their content.