Facebook will soon launch ‘Facebook News’ service in India
- The service will also be launched in France, Germany, UK, and Brazil
- The company will also pay publishers for news content and reporting
Facebook has announced the launch of the news service ‘Facebook News’ in India soon. Apart from India, this service will also be launched in France, Germany, UK and Brazil. Let us know that ‘Facebook News’ was launched in the US only last year. The company will also pay the publisher for news content and reporting.
More than 300 million users
Recently, there were allegations on Facebook that the company is favoring BJP on its platform. After this, the company presented its stand and clarified that all such content in India is being removed from its platform and will continue to be removed which leads to harassment of religious sentiments. Let us know that there are around 300 million users of Facebook in India.
Discussion on ‘ethical standards’ in media standard
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has summoned Facebook on 2 September to discuss the alleged misuse of social media platforms. Representatives of the Ministries of Communications and Home Affairs have been called for the September 1 meeting. Representatives of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, News Broadcasters Association, Press Council of India and Prasar Bharati have been invited to discuss ‘Ethical Standards in Media Standards’.
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