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Google Blocks California Websites in Fight Over Paying for News
Google has tried similar tactics in Australia, India, and Canada.
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Google’s Search Engine Is Squashing Local News, Study Says
When we ask who should take the rap for the decline of local news, most folks agree the blame partially lies on Google’s shoulders. The tech giant has spent the past decade systematically swallowing a larger and larger chunk of the digital ad market, diverting the dollars that outlets — particularly smaller outlets — desperately…
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Google Threatens Pulling News From EU As Disastrous Copyright Legislation Flounders
The European Union has spent the last year working on a controversial overhaul of its copyright laws and was scheduled to finalise the proposal on Monday. Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement and the legislation is stalled for the time being, but that hasn’t stopped Google from threatening to pull its News service from…
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Google News Will Now Pick Out News Stories It Thinks You Should Read
Google just added a new Suggested Stories feature to its news search results, so you can let the search engine pull up a customised selection of stories to read about based on whatever terrifyingly dense accumulation of personal data Google has on you by now.