Search barred: Why Google is conducting secret tests to filter news results in Canada

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Guest: Raisa Patel is a reporter in the Star's Ottawa Bureau Google has been conducting a secret test that filters out online news results for a small percentage of Canadians as a result of their concerns over Bill C-18, the Online News Act. This has raised the ire of several government officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and now the company's top executives have been summoned to appear before a Parliamentary Committee to discuss the search engine giant's actions. This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar

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