Centre mulls law to give digital media bargaining power with Big Tech

An inter-ministerial meeting on Wednesday brainstormed on the need for a new legal framework for digital media to protect them from Big Tech’s anti-competitive practices through which they siphon off advertising revenue, leaving digital news publishers disadvantaged.

The inter-ministerial meeting chaired by the Information & Broadcasting ( I&B) Secretary met to discuss digital news publishers’ concerns about their weak bargaining power with Big Tech, sources said.