News24 | Google and Meta warned: SA may impose a 10% tariff to protect news industry

News24 | Google and Meta warned: SA may impose a 10% tariff to protect news industry

The Competition Commission thinks that South Africa should impose a 5% to 10% digital tariff on big tech companies like Google, Meta and Microsoft if they don't take steps to pay media houses fairly for the content they distribute on their sites.

Competition Commission proposes R300 to R500 million payment from Google to South African media

Big tech platforms under pressure as South African inquiry nears completion 

South Africa's antitrust watchdog wants to impose an “advertising tariff” on the world’s biggest search, social media and AI companies that fail to increase revenue shares for local news organisations after identifying a string of competition concerns in the market.

South Africa hits Google with R500-million demand for news media - TechCentral

The Competition Commission has Google, X, Meta Platforms and other tech and social media companies in its sights.

South African regulator wants $27m yearly from Google, Meta, others for local news publishers

South Africa’s Competition Commission is pushing Google, Meta, and YouTube to compensate local news publishers, proposing payments of up to $27 million annually.

MDPMI Proposes Google Compensate SA News Media At Least R300 Million Annually - The Bulrushes

Johannesburg – The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI or Inquiry) has released its provisional report, which proposes that Google compensate the SA news media at least R300 million a year for the imbalance in shared value. The MDPMI was initiated because the Competition Commission had reason to believe that there were market features on digital platforms that distribute news media content that impede, distort, or restrict competit…