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Google Reportedly Blocking Australian News From Search – Search Engine Journal
Google is reportedly admitting to blocking Australian news sites from search results following a government order to pay news publishers.
Google is removing some Australian news sites from search results in a move which follows a government order to pay publishers for their content.
The Sydney Morning Herald, which is one of the affected news sites, reports Google has admitted to removing content as part of an “experiment.”
A Google spokesperson tells The Herald:
“We’re currently running a few experiments that will each reach about 1 per cent of Google Search users in Australia to measure the impacts of news businesses and Google…
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