The Centre’s message to Big Tech content aggregators to give a fair share of revenues to digital platforms of print news publishers is in line with the global trend to reset an imbalance that has had a devastating impact on journalism.
The policy obligates Google and Facebook to strike deals compensating media outlets for news content on their platforms, or allow a government-appointed arbitrator to decide how much they should pay.
Laws are needed to help quality journalism thrive in the digital age and to ensure that public interest reportage is not put at risk.
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