As the Canadian government continues to grapple with digital giants over the Online News Law, the former head of Facebook's division in Australia and New Zealand warns that Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, holds "too much power" in foreign countries.
"Do you really want that entity to be able to interfere with your information ecosystem in your country?" Stephen Scheeler, former CEO of Facebook ANZ, said to CTV.
The federal government's Online News Law aims to require digital giants to pay media organizations for the content shared, displayed, or reused on their platforms.