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French court blocks Google project to limit news content in searches

The Google logo is pictured during the Viva Tech start-up and technology summit in Paris. REUTERS - CHARLES PLATIAU

A Paris court has ordered Google to halt a planned project that would reportedly remove certain media articles from search results in France. The ruling came in response to an emergency injunction filed by the SEPM union, which represents magazine staff in the country.

The SEPM claims that Google was preparing to test a scheme that would exclude articles from specific media outlets with which it is in dispute over rights to online news content.

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