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If the European Union goes on with a questionable set of modifications to digital copyright, Google might pull its Google News service from the continent, according to a report Monday byBloomberg
Google has actually spoken up consistently over the EU Copyright Directive, which the search giant argues would gut its news service. One part of the regulation, called Article 11, would need Google and other online search engine to pay licensing costs to publishers when they include bits of their material in search engine result.
One reaction to the proposed brand-new guidelines would be closing down the service in the EU, Jennifer Bernal, Google’s public law supervisor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, informedBloomberg But the choice would be “taken reluctantly,” the report stated.
The settled language was anticipated today however has actually been postponed due to the fact that of disputes amongst member states, Bloomberg stated.
Google didn’t right away react to an ask for remark.
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But the search giant has been vocal about its opposition to the directive. Last week, Google said it was experimenting with a version of its search engine that complied with the directive, and screenshots of the service showed a barren results page without images or descriptions of the news stories.
The EU Copyright directive is the latest example of attempts to rein in Google in Europe. On Monday, a French regulator said it fined Google 50 million euros (about $57 million) for not properly disclosing to users how their data is collected and used for targeted advertising.
The penalty is the biggest yet imposed under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, a law that went into effect in May that gives Europeans more control over their information and how companies use it.
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