India plans new law for fair payments from tech giants to news publishers

India is considering the introduction of a new law aimed at ensuring fair transactions between major technology companies and news publishers. This initiative draws inspiration from measures taken by Australia and other countries to require companies like Google and Meta to compensate for using news content on their platforms, according to a report by Mint.

The report quoted sources as saying that this proposed legislation will be in addition to the proposed Digital Competition Bill, for which public consultations have already been completed.