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Japan Warns Tech Giants About Insufficient Compensation For Online News
- By The Financial District
- Sep 25, 2023
- 1 min read
Japan's Fair Trade Commission issued a warning to Google and other tech giants, cautioning them that using content from news media on their online platforms without providing proper compensation could potentially be in violation of antimonopoly laws, reported Kyodo News.
Japan's Fair Trade Commission urged online platforms to transparently disclose their criteria for compensating news content usage and indicated its intention to take strict actions against any violators. I Image: Japan Fair Trade Commission
The warning arises amid growing global concerns that these platforms are generating substantial revenue from the online distribution of news, while news media operators, including newspapers, magazines, and broadcasters, appear to be grappling with exploitation due to inadequate compensation. In the report released on the same day, the fair trade body highlighted six potential violations of antimonopoly laws.
It urged online platforms to transparently disclose their criteria for compensating news content usage and indicated its intention to take strict actions against any violators.
Four of the examples pertain to potential violations by Yahoo Japan Corp. and other news portal operators, including their refusal to renegotiate contracts despite a significant decline in the number of viewers for news outlets' websites due to changes in display methods on portals.
The remaining two cases involve potential breaches by search engine operators, such as Google LLC. These violations include limiting the visibility of news content from rival platforms in search results rankings, as also reported by Mainichi Shimbun.
