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The bill isn’t law, but Google is moving ahead with plans to begin removing California news links from its search platform anyway.
Google began removing California news sites from some user's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking ...
Google reaches a deal to fund local journalism in California. The state was working on legislation to force the tech giant to pay a portion of advertising profits to its struggling news industry.
Google and the state of California recently agreed to joint fund local news outlets in a deal that critics say could turn them into government mouthpieces.
Google said Friday, April 12, it would remove links to California news sites from its search results for some of its users, as it pushes back against a pending bill that would require the Silicon ...
The company on Friday said it has started blocking California-based news outlets to protest a pending bill that supporters say would extend a lifeline to the ailing news industry.
Google's $250 million deal for California newsrooms should show the path in how to "bolster local journalism," SPJ says.
Google on Friday began removing links to California news websites in reaction to proposed state legislation requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content.
Google and the state of California are paying 250 million dollars over the next five years to California news outlets, and research AI technology they say will assist journalists.
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Photo: Jeff Chiu (AP) Google began blocking access to California news outlets for ...
Google will pay $93 million in a proposed deal with the California attorney general’s office to settle allegations that the tech giant deceived users about how it used their location data, the ...
Google was fined $314 million this week over its "misuse" of Android users' cell data for OS transfers. The California court argued that Google used user data for "targeted advertising" and more ...