Enact a law to make Facebook, Google, Apple to pay publishers for news: sushil Modi
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 ...