Google Launches News Showcase News In India - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL GOOG Google rolled out its Showcase news platform in India with thirty domestic news publishers, the company said in a blog post.
Google will pay the partnering publishers for their online content, and users will have restricted access to the paywalled stories, Reuters reports.
The financial details were not disclosed.
India struggles to eliminate misinformation regarding the pandemic’s second wave perpetrated by social media platforms like Twitter Inc TWTR and Facebook Inc FB.
Google launched its news service globally late last year.
Content from Indian publisher partners will appear in the News Showcase panels of Google News and Discover in English and Hindi.
Additional Indian languages will be launched subsequently.
Google has pledged $18 million in new funding for India, including advertising support for public health campaigns.
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