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17 Jul

Govt. plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

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After Australia, Canada and France, now India is reportedly placing the final touches to a new piece of rules that would make tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the information content material they show on their platforms. If implemented, the proposed law would compel world tech majors such as Alphabet (owner of Google, YouTube), Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), Twitter, and Amazon to pay Indian newspapers and digital news publishers a share of the revenue they earn with the aid of the use of authentic content material produced by means of these information outlets. The need…

‘Meta-worse for democracy,’ says Rahul Gandhi in attack on Facebook

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Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi attacked Facebook on Wednesday and said that it was worse for democracy. He shared a compilation of news reports on Twitter, accusing Facebook of helping the BJP reach out to voters during the elections. Rahul Gandhi also shared a report of Al Jazeera and The Reporters' Collective which claimed that Facebook had offered BJP cheaper deals for election advertisements as compared to the other political parties. Congress President Sonia Gandhi said in Lok Sabha, "I urge the government to put an end to the systematic interference and influence of Facebook and other social media giants…

Russia blocks Facebook, passes ‘fake news’ law

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Russia said it would block Facebook for excluding state media and CNN said it would stop broadcasting in Russia after a new law punishing "fake news" raised the stakes in Moscow's fight with foreign corporations. Russia blocked a wave of media companies and new, big names announced they were shutting down Russia sales, including Microsoft Corp and video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. Russia said that Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook was being blocked for restricting state-backed channels, and it also blocked websites of the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America for what it said was false information about the war in…