What Government wants Big Tech to pay news outlets for content

The move is being mooted through regulatory interventions, which may happen as part of revisions to the existing IT laws, minister of state for IT and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

 

“The market power on digital advertising that is currently being exercised by the Big Tech majors, which places Indian media companies at a position of disadvantage, is an issue that is seriously being examined in the context of new legalization and rules,” Chandrasekhar told TOI, in perhaps the first official statement by the Indian government on plans to make the global internet giants pay for using news/information generated by independent news and publishing outlets.the CCI ordered an inquiry against Google over the allegations, the INS said in its complaint that it has “highlighted the fact that the producer/publisher of news which are made available in digital format, are not being paid a fair value for their content, despite them having invested heavily in creating appropriate content for the customers, who search for news items using the Google platformthe CCI ordered an inquiry against Google over the allegations, the INS said in its complaint that it has “highlighted the fact that the producer/publisher of news which are made available in digital format, are not being paid a fair value for their content, despite them having invested heavily in creating appropriate content for the customers, who search for news items using the Google platform.

the CCI ordered an inquiry against Google over the allegations, the INS said in its complaint that it has “highlighted the fact that the producer/publisher of news which are made available in digital format, are not being paid a fair value for their content, despite them having invested heavily in creating appropriate content for the customers, who search for news items using the Google platform.

the CCI ordered an inquiry against Google over the allegations, the INS said in its complaint that it has “highlighted the fact that the producer/publisher of news which are made available in digital format, are not being paid a fair value for their content, despite them having invested heavily in creating appropriate content for the customers, who search for news items using the Google platform.

The move is being mooted through regulatory interventions, which may happen as part of revisions to the existing IT laws, minister of state for IT and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The market power on digital advertising that is currently being exercised by the Big Tech majors, which places Indian media companies at a position of disadvantage, is an issue that is seriously being examined in the context of new legalization and rules,” Chandrasekhar told TOI, in perhaps the first official statement by the Indian government on plans to make the global internet giants pay for using news/information generated by independent news and publishing outlets.the CCI ordered an inquiry against Google over the allegations, the INS said in its complaint that it has .

The move is being mooted through regulatory interventions, which may happen as part of revisions to the existing IT laws, minister of state for IT and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.

 

 

“The market power on digital advertising that is currently being exercised by the Big Tech majors, which places Indian media companies at a position of disadvantage, is an issue that is seriously being examined in the context of new legalization and rules,” Chandrasekhar told TOI, in perhaps the first official statement by the Indian government on plans to make the global internet giants pay for using news/information generated by independent news and publishing outlets.the CCI ordered an inquiry against Google over the allegations, the INS said in its complaint that it has.

 

 

 

 

 

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