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Evening Standard
Holly Williams

Google must allow publishers to opt out of AI search results under new CMA rules

Google is facing further legal action in the UK on behalf of advertisers (Alamy/PA) -

News groups and other online publishers will be able to choose not to appear in the AI Overviews of Google search results in a move hailed as a “world first” by Britain’s competition watchdog.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given Google nine months to roll out changes required under a range of so-called conduct requirements.

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