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Wikipedia to charge Big Tech companies for leeching off its content:  Wikipedia   will begin charging the mega corporations for leeching off its user-generated content. The endeavor paves the way for Wikimedia Enterprises, which will tackle these business dealings.   The many instances of Big Tech tapping into Wikipedia's services include Google Search relying on excerpts from Wikipedia articles and linking to the same for user search queries. All AI-based assistants such as Google Assistant, Apple's Siri, and Amazon's Alexa heavily rely on the Wikipedia database for answering user queries for information. Wikimedia Enterprises will charge Big Tech for these services in the future.   At the outset,  Wikimedia Enterprises  will handle the sale/delivery of Wikipedia content to software giants such as Google, Apple, and Amazon. But people familiar with the matter have revealed that eventually smaller businesses might also come under its purview.   It is also reported that Big

Enact a law to make Facebook, Google, Apple to pay publishers for news: sushil Modi:  BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi   has urged the government to enact a law to make tech companies pay local news publishers for their content. He said traditional and print medias in the country are passing through their worst phase with deep financial crisis in recent history as ads have shifted to tech platforms of Facebook, Google and YouTube. The government should enact a law on the pattern of Australian Code," Modi further said.   Taking a cue from Australia, India should enact a law to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay local publishers of news content, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi demanded in  Rajya Sabha  on Wednesday. All the media fraternity has welcomed this statement of Sushil Modi.   Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, the  former deputy chief minister of Bihar  said, "The government must make Google, Facebook and YouTube pay print and news channels for t

Public sector employees across India are protesting against privatisation:  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman   had announced the proposal during her   Budget 2021   presentation. This also comes after bank unions observed a 2-day strike to protest the privatisation. Now LIC employees to go for strike on Mar 18 to protest against the government's proposal of disinvesting the insurer. of two public sector banks.   Banking services across India were affected over the past couple of days as public sector banks (PSBs) employees staged a two-day strike (March 15-16, 2021) to express displeasure over the government’s intent to privatise PSBs.   The impact was not only limited to customer services like cash withdrawals, cheque clearances, deposits, loan approvals and remittances but also government treasury operations.   But, that is not all. Employees of general insurance companies are undertaking a strike on March 17, and employees of  Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)  will protest on