44 h. ago EU investigates Google over concerns publishers' content is unfairly demoted in search results

European Union regulators are investigating Google for allegedly demoting media publishers' content in search results

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45 h. ago EU investigates Google over ‘demoting’ commercial content from news media

Officials say effective invisibilty in search results could be leading to unfair ‘loss of revenue’The EU has launched an investigation into Google Search over concerns the US tech company has been “demoting” commercial content from news media sites.The bloc’s executive arm announced the move after monitoring found certain content created with advertisers and sponsors was being given such a low priority by Google that it was effectively no longer visible in search results. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago EU investigates Google over ‘demotion’ of commercial content from news media

Officials say some content created with advertisers is in effect not visible, which could mean unfair loss of revenueThe EU has launched an investigation into Google Search over concerns the US tech company has been “demoting” commercial content from news media sites.The bloc’s executive arm announced the move after monitoring found certain content created with advertisers and sponsors was being given such a low priority by Google that it was in effect no longer visible in search results. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago US airlines cancel flights after aviation agency directive to cut air traffic

United, Southwest and Delta have announced they will be reducing flights amid continuing government shutdownUS politics live – latest updatesList of US airports cutting flights on Friday due to federal government shutdownUnited, Southwest and Delta airlines began cancelling flights for Friday in compliance with the FAA’s directive that will see reductions in flights at 40 major airports from Friday to help address air traffic controller shortage safety concerns as a result of the government shutdown.The Associated Press published the list after airline regulators identified “high-volume markets” where the Federal Administration Agency says air traffic must be reduced by 4% by 6am ET on Friday, a move that would force airlines to cancel thousands of flights and create a cascade of scheduling issues and delays at some of the nation’s largest airports. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump brought up jailed media mogul Jimmy Jai’s case in meeting with China’s Xi ‘as he said he would’

Trump did not discuss a specific deal to free Lai but spoke more broadly about concerns surrounding the 77-year-old publishing mogul's health and well-being

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4 w. ago Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google’s AI Overviews

Newspaper federation says ‘traffic killer’ feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversityItalian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google’s AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine’s AI-generated summaries feature is a “traffic killer” that threatens their survival.FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers, said it has submitted a formal complaint to Agcom, Italy’s communications watchdog. Continue reading...

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