{"id":290,"date":"2025-02-27T20:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=290"},"modified":"2025-02-27T20:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:26:19","slug":"google-disputes-south-africas-claims-of-unfairly-profiting-from-local-news-publishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=290","title":{"rendered":"Google Disputes South Africa\u2019s Claims of Unfairly Profiting from Local News Publishers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_5426-1.png\" class=\"wp-image-289\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">South Africa\u2019s Competition Commission has accused Google of unfairly benefiting from local news publishers by dominating search traffic and reducing website visits through \u201czero-click\u201d searches. The regulator claims this practice has hurt media houses\u2019 revenue while Google profits from news-related searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Google, however, disputes these allegations, stating that it supports publishers by driving traffic worth R350 million ($18 million) in 2023 while earning less than R19 million ($1 million) from related ads. The commission disagrees, estimating Google\u2019s earnings at R800\u2013R900 million ($42\u2013$47 million) and recommending that the tech giant pay R500 million ($26 million) annually to local publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\">With policymakers backing the commission\u2019s findings, this dispute could reshape South Africa\u2019s digital media landscape. Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techinafrica.com\/google-disputes-south-africas-claims-of-unfairly-profiting-from-local-news-publishers\/\">Tech In Africa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s Competition Commission has accused Google of unfairly benefiting from local news publishers by dominating search traffic and reducing website visits through \u201czero-click\u201d searches. The regulator claims this practice has hurt media houses\u2019 revenue while Google profits from news-related searches. Google, however, disputes these allegations, stating that it supports publishers by driving traffic worth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}