News publishers

The government is mulling revision in IT laws to effect this change, said Minister of State for IT and Electronics. The new law will force Big Tech companies to pay digital news publishers a share of the revenue.

Indians have become increasingly reliant on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for information related to the crisis amid a shortage of critical medical supplies. Google will pay the partnering publishers for their online content and allow them to curate it while allowing users limited access to paywalled stories. The government has also been at odds with social media platform giants.