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March 17, 2021

Enact law to make Facebook, Google pay for news, demands Sushil Modi in RS

Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, Sushil Kumar Modi said, 'The government must make Google, Facebook and YouTube pay print and news channels for the news content they are using freely.'

March 14, 2021
India's digital media regulation sparks fears of curbs on press freedom

India last month announced the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, aimed at pushing firms such as Facebook to comply with content takedown orders. However, it also extends to news websites.
March 14, 2021
Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Hagler, who legally changed his name to Marvelous in 1982, posted a record of 62-3-2 and ruled supreme until his reign as undisputed middleweight champion came to a controversial end in 1987 with a loss to Sugar Ray Leonard.
February 25, 2021
Govt comes up with stricter norms for social media, OTT

As per the new rules, social media intermediaries have to appoint grievance officer, who shall register complaints in 24 hours.
February 25, 2021
Indian Newspaper Society urges Google to compensate newspapers, share ad revenue

In a letter written to Google India country manager Sanjay Gupta, INS president L Adimoolam demanded that Google pay for news generated by the newspapers which employ thousands of journalists on the ground, at considerable expense, for gathering and verifying information.
February 23, 2021
Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws

Facebook last week blocked all news content and several state government and emergency department accounts.
February 18, 2021
Facebook 'unfriends' Australia: news pages go dark in test for global publishing

The move was swiftly criticised by news producers, politicians and human rights advocates, particularly as it became clear that official health pages, emergency safety warnings and welfare networks had all been scrubbed from the site along with news.

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Enact law to make Facebook, Google pay for news, demands Sushil Modi in RS

India's digital media regulation sparks fears of curbs on press freedom

Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

Govt comes up with stricter norms for social media, OTT

Indian Newspaper Society urges Google to compensate newspapers, share ad revenue

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws

Facebook 'unfriends' Australia: news pages go dark in test for global publishing

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