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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is currently legislating through the Australian parliament the News Platforms and Digital Media Mandatory Bargaining Code Bill which tries to level the playing field by ensuring that social media behemoths such as Facebook, Google, and others are not the sole big beneficiaries of the advertising revenue which the content they aggregate and push through on their platforms attracts while the media companies which have spent money, time, and effort on creating original content get shortchanged.

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Their rhetoric too is par for the course ~ the Congress president and leading lights have made it about freedom of speech and speaking truth to power, the Delhi chief minister has underlined Ms Ravi’s support for farmers as an alibi, and sundry online warriors have heaped abuse on the establishment for being “fascist”.

Culture of Inveracity

The understanding of the fine difference between the government and the country is key. India needs to develop its own credibility of media (especially Social Media) so that more civilized, decorous, and transformative discussions can take place