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Mared Gwyn Jones

Brussels to probe Google for allegedly demoting news in search results

The European Commission will probe whether Google is unfairly demoting news sites in its search results as a result of a policy the tech giant says is designed to fight spam.

The EU executive said Thursday it had found “indications” that news sites were being deprioritised in search listings when carrying promotional third-party content, something a Commission spokesperson described as a "legitimate commercial practice" for news organisations.

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