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Technology · 3 June 2026

UK watchdog sets new Google search rules

UK watchdog sets new Google search rules

People and publishers may get more control over how online content is used by Google's artificial intelligence systems. Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday it had put fresh conduct requirements on the company's search services as scrutiny of the technology group increases. One measure lets publishers refuse use of their material for training Google's AI models, while search services are the focus of the action.

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