If those sites think that being linked to is a service they’re providing Google (which demanding payment implies), then Google is just fulfilling their wishes.
Comment on French court blocks Google project to limit news content in searches
moody@lemmings.world 2 days agoGoogle is trying to pick and choose who to filter out of results.
The SEPM claims that Google was preparing to test a scheme that would exclude articles from specific media outlets with which it is in dispute over rights to online news content.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Yeah. They said they didn’t want Google to do anything without paying, so Google is removing them. Is that not what they wanted?