Independent publishers are facing challenges due to Google's AI Overviews, which allegedly harm their online presence. The Independent Publishers Alliance and advocacy groups filed a complaint with the European Commission and the U.K. CMA, asserting that Google enables AI scraping without providing an opt-out option. Publishers fear that opting out from this process leads to diminished visibility in Google search results. The complaint seeks regulatory intervention to secure the right for publishers to opt-out while maintaining their indexed position and demands fair compensation for content used by Google.
The alliance has gathered evidence since Google AI Overviews began rolling out in the U.K. last October, revealing the detrimental effect on independent publishers' sites.
Publishers using Google search claim they are unable to opt out from their material being ingested for Google's AI large language model training without losing search results.
The Independent Publishers Alliance requests the European Commission to impose requirements on Google to enable opt-out from data crawling while ensuring news publishers remain indexed.
Google is requested to provide fair compensation for all publisher content, addressing the unauthorized scraping issue and maintaining proper indexing.
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