"Announced on Tuesday, the EU's main executive body, the European Commission, opened a formal antitrust probe into Google's practice of using online publishers' material for AI purposes - and that includes the company's use of content uploaded to YouTube. According to the EU, the investigation will examine "whether Google is distorting competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators, or by granting itself privileged access to such content, thereby placing developers of rival AI models at a disadvantage.""
"Specifically, the EU will dig into Google's AI-powered, generative search summary tools AI Overviews and AI Mode, and whether the company used web publisher content for these tools "without appropriate compensation to publishers and without offering them the possibility to refuse such use of their content." Since Google launched AI Overviews in May 2024, researchers have found websites including news and media outlets have seen a devastating impact on site traffic."
European Commission opened an antitrust probe into Google's use of online publishers' content for AI-generated search summaries, including material uploaded to YouTube. The investigation will examine whether Google imposed unfair terms on publishers, granted itself privileged access to content, or disadvantaged rival AI developers. The probe will assess whether Google used web publisher content without compensation or without allowing publishers to refuse such use. Google launched AI Overviews in May 2024 and AI Mode in July 2025. Data show major news sites experienced steep declines in organic search traffic, while smaller publishers report shutdowns or forced distribution changes. A July 2025 Pew study found users were less likely to click links when AI summaries appeared.
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