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flag South Africa urges Google to pay up to $30 million yearly to support local media impacted by its algorithms.

flag South Africa's Competition Commission has recommended that Google pay local media between R300 million to R500 million annually for three to five years to compensate for lost revenue due to its search algorithm favoring foreign media. flag The report, part of the Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry, also suggests changes to Google's search algorithms to boost local media traffic and proposes similar actions against other tech giants like Meta and TikTok. flag The commission will accept public submissions until April 7.

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