Courtney R

AI governance. Tech. Media. Political economy. Human rights. Director, Center for Journalism & Liberty cjl4news.bsky.social at Open Markets. Fellow at Brookings, CIGI, CDT, MRC. Former CPJ, UNESCO, NYT

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On Wednesday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority said it will force Google to give publishers real control over whether their content powers AI-generated search summaries. It's a big deal. From @courtneyr.bsky.social @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/u…

UK Regulator Staunches Google’s AI Content Grab techpolicy.press
AI Weekly's analysis
  • The CMA issued a world-first binding rule requiring Google to let UK publishers opt out of AI features without search ranking penalties.
  • Main obligations take effect December 3, 2026, with page-level controls in March 2027 and compliance data not due until late 2027.
  • Google controls over 90% of UK search queries; a No Retaliation rule bars it from penalizing publishers that choose to opt out.
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