Ashwini Vaishnaw Calls For Fair Revenue Share For Content Creators On Social Media Platforms

Stressing the need to correct structural imbalances in the digital ecosystem, the minister said, “Social media platforms must also share revenue in a fair way with the people who are creating the content, whether it is news persons, the conventional media, the creators sitting in far-flung areas, influencers, the professors and researchers who are disseminating their work using the platforms.”

“Everywhere the principle now has to be set right and there has to be a fair share of revenue with the people who are creating the content”, he said.

Vaishnaw also underlined that platforms must be accountable for user safety.

“Social Media platforms must take the responsibility for the content that is hosted by them. The online safety of children, the online safety of all citizens is the responsibility of the platforms, non adherence to these principles will definitely make them responsible,” he said.