South Africa has started a probe to gauge if artificial intelligence models, digital and social media platforms managed by companies including Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms’s Facebook are limiting the nation’s news and media companies’ ability to generate revenue.
The inquiry comes at a critical moment for the media industry as news consumption rapidly shifts online and traditional sources of funding to print and broadcasting advertising decline,” Commissioner Doris Tshepe said in a statement. The probe will also involve understanding the digital markets in depth and whether there are remuneration models that are appropriate, Hodge said in response to Bloomberg’s questions.
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