Digital News

Tech giant Meta has started informing its news partners that the company will stop paying publishers for their content to run on Facebook's News Tab in the US.

Opacity over the manner in which social media platforms, also referred to as intermediaries, conduct themselves is one of the most formidable of regulatory challenges facing India

If implemented, the new law will force Big Tech companies to pay digital news publishers a share of the revenue earned via using their original content.

The govt will propose the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 with the changes before the Union Cabinet soon, says a media report

The first lot of these online entities is finally making money. But regulation and the availability of capital will determine their future

Google on Thursday announced an accelerator programme 'GNI Startups Lab India' for independent local or single-subject journalism organisations in the country.

In a Q&A, Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur tell what it takes to build a digital news business in India

According to amended IT rules, social media and streaming companies will be required to take down contentious content quicker, appoint grievance redressal officers and assist in investigations.

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The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on a plea challenging the new Information Technology rules which seek to regulate digital news media

For long, activists and governments have been prompted to demand greater transparency and accountability from Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and other social media behemoths

The new guidelines seek to regulate OTT platforms and digital news media, whether they use other intermediary sites or apps such as Twitter or Facebook or host news media content on their own websites

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

New rules for digital media have troubling implications

Some say Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021, leaves too many things in the hands of the central government

Newsclick is a New Delhi-based online news website

The government on Wednesday launched a technology contest to invite solutions from IT companies and start-ups to strengthen digital platform CoWIN

The final part of the series looks at online news, as a regulatory regime for online content is being put in place

Recently, the Centre brought OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video under the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

The Supreme Court granted bail to TV journalist Arnab Goswami in an abetment to suicide case, saying personal liberty must not be denied.