Google to drop news article snippets in France after copyright law takes effect

News Broadband Europe 25 SEP 2019
Google to drop news article snippets in France after copyright law takes effect

Google announced that it will stop showing snippets of news articles on Google News in France from the end of October, when the new copyright law comes into effect there. This is because the new EU copyright directive requires the company to pay publishers for using their news, something Google said would skew its search results and harm its impartiality. 

France is the first EU country to implement the copyright directive approved in April. Google said it will apply the same changes across the EU as each country transposes the directive into national law. 

The company has released new guidelines for publishers worldwide to decide how much text they want to appear below the headlines displayed on Google search and Google News. While Google will not pay for the extra snippets of text, the company said it will continue to offer this feature if the publisher gives its consent. 

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