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Google removes EU-based news content from search feeds as part of 'time-limited test'


The test aims to provide regulators and publishers with further data on how Google is used to access news content.

Google has begun a "small, time-limited test" in eight countries to determine the impact of removing European Union-based news publishers from a user's search results. The idea behind the test is to provide data to regulators and publishers about the effect of seeing news content in search feeds on users' habits, Google said. Google added that the test was being carried out as part of its compliance with the European Copyright Directive (EUCD) and its licensing programme for EU news publishers.

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