(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Impact of Australia's New Media Code

Topic: Impact of Australia's New Media Code

Guest:

Abhishek Singh, (CEO, NeGD, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India)
Subimal Bhattacharjee, (Cyber Technology Expert)
Kapil Sankhla, (Advocate, Supreme Court)

Topic Description:

For two decades, global news outlets have complained internet companies are getting rich at their expense, selling advertising linked to their reports without sharing revenue. Now, Australia is joining France and other governments in pushing Google, Facebook and other internet giants to pay. That might channel more money to a news industry that is cutting coverage as revenue shrinks. But it also sets up a clash with some of the tech industry’s biggest names. Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc., has announced agreements to pay publishers in Australia while Facebook said Thursday it has blocked users in the country from viewing or sharing news. Facing a proposed law to compel internet companies to pay news organizations, Google has announced deals with media houses. Australia’s proposed law would be the first of its kind, but other governments also are pressuring Google, Facebook and other internet companies to pay news outlets and other publishers for material. In Europe, Google had to negotiate with French publishers after a court last year upheld an order saying such agreements were required by a 2019 European Union copyright directive. France is the first government to enforce the rules, but the decision suggests Google, Facebook and other companies will face similar requirements in other parts of the world.