French regulators have punished Google with over $270 million for failing to uphold a 2022 agreement on content payment, a move to ensure fair compensation for news organisations.
Google and other online platforms allegedly profit billions from news without revenue sharing/ Photo: AA
In a statement, the French competition authority said the fine was for"failing to respect commitments made in 2022" and accused the company of failing to negotiate in"good faith" with news publishers over how much to compensate them for the use of their content. To tackle this, the EU created a form of copyright called"neighbouring rights" that allows print media to demand compensation for using their content.France has been a test case for the rules and after initial resistance, both Google and Facebook agreed to pay some French media for articles shown in web searches. In 2022, French regulators accepted commitments from Google to negotiate fairly with news organisations.
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