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Australia passes world’s first law forcing Facebook, Google to pay for news

Move could unleash more global regulatory action. PM Scott Morrison has said he discussed the new law with the leaders of India, Canada, France & the UK.

Right to silence a virtue, says Facebook India head, challenges Delhi panel summons over riots

Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Facebook's Ajit Mohan, says setting up of peace panel not core function of Delhi assembly as law & order issue falls under Centre.

Behind Australia’s conflict with Facebook & Google — an uneven playing field

In #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains why Australia is working to bring a law to force tech giants to negotiate a fair payment with news publishers & why others should take cue.

Facebook to lift ban on news pages in Australia, says will negotiate deals with publishers

Australian Treasurer and Facebook confirmed that the two parties have agreed on amendments to draft legislation requiring FB and Google to pay for Australian news that they feature.

Modi should follow Morrison, demand Facebook and Google share revenues with news publishers

Social media companies are taking away most digital advertising revenues by leeching on content created by news organisations. The model is broken.

‘Disillusioned with Mamata, Trinamool’, Bengal MLA & Ankhi Das’ father-in-law quits politics

Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, father-in-law of Ankhi Das who was Facebook's public policy head in India, says he was hurt by some party leaders’ comments on Facebook row last year.

WhatsApp isn’t giving up on new privacy policy, will launch fresh drive to convince users

With plans to roll out the new policy on 15 May, WhatsApp has changed the design of its in-app notification on the update to a small top-screen banner.

How Google’s deals with Murdoch’s News Corp, other media could change how world accesses news

Deals struck under Google News Showcase comes at a time when Australian govt has been trying to force Google to pay publishers for news that show up on search.

Facebook blocks news in Australia in fight over payments to publishers

Facebook’s decision stops users globally from sharing articles from Australian publishers, threatening to cut off one of the most widely used ways for millions to access information online.

After farm protests, Rihanna in new Indian storm for topless photo with Lord Ganesha pendant

Those who criticised Rihanna included members of BJP and VHP, with the latter filing police complaints against Twitter and Facebook over the pop star’s post.

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India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.