The news: Google removed EU news publishers from its Search, News, and Discover results in a limited test to see how omitting news content affects Google’s products.

The test applies to about 1% of users in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain. It initially included France but that ended after immediate pushback from regulators.
Google said it’s conducting the experiment because regulators and publishers have asked for more information on how Search affects users’ interactions with news content.

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