The news: Google removed EU news publishers from its Search, News, and Discover results in a limited test to see how omitting news content affects Google’s products.
- The test applies to about 1% of users in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. It initially included France but that ended after immediate pushback from regulators.
- Google said it’s conducting the experiment because regulators and publishers have asked for more information on how Search affects users’ interactions with news content.