India, Feb. 26 -- Social media platforms must ensure fair revenue sharing with content creators and take full responsibility for the content they host, information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated on Thursday while addressing the Digital News Publishers Association Conclave 2026.

Stressing the need to correct structural imbalances in the digital ecosystem, the minister said, "Social media platforms must also share revenue in a fair way with the people who are creating the content, whether it is news persons, the conventional media, the creators sitting in far-flung areas, influencers, the professors and researchers who are disseminating their work using the platforms."

"Everywhere the principle now has to be set right a...