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Google is testing the ‘impact’ of removing EU news from search results


Some users won’t see EU news articles in Search.

In the EU, Google is on the hook to comply with the European Copyright Directive, which has resulted in the search giant licensing content from hundreds of publishers in the region. Earlier this year, France ordered Google to pay $272 million after it found that the company violated an agreement over compensation for news publishers. Google also threatened to remove links to local news outlets in Canada and nearly pulled its search engine from Australia over similar legislation.

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