Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stressed the need for media companies to be fairly compensated when tech giants like Google and Meta use their content, addressing the power imbalance.
Countries like Australia and France are pushing tech platforms for fairer deals with publishers, and India should follow suit to support news organizations' financial stability.
With AI making it easier to steal content, fair compensation for creators is increasingly urgent to protect original work.
The government’s support for fair revenue sharing must be backed by law to address the financial imbalance between news publishers and tech giants.
Vaishnaw warned against government censorship and urged a focus on improving media literacy rather than regulating content directly.
Trust in the media comes from empowering the press to expose falsehoods, not from government control or partisan enforcement of misinformation laws.
India's news industry faces financial and political hurdles, but the digital era offers new ways to address these issues and strengthen journalism.
Government regulation of tech companies is needed, but it should focus on fair compensation and avoid excessive censorship or control.
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