UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search

What happened

According to The Guardian’s report, UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search, Watchdog makes ruling on search summaries after publishers complain about drop in click-through traffic and revenue Business live – latest updates Online publishers and news organisations are now able to block their content from appearing in Google’s AI summaries in UK search results, the British competition watchdog has announced. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the new requirement would “put publishers, like news organisations, in a stronger position to negotiate content deals with Google”. Continue reading…

Context

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Source

Primary source: UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search via The Guardian. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.