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Google Declines to Comply with EU Fact-Checking Law

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📰 Google refuses to comply with EU’s upcoming fact-checking law. In a letter to the European Commission, Google announced it will not integrate fact-checking into its search results or YouTube videos, nor will it use fact-checking data for content moderation. The company, which has historically not engaged in fact-checking as part of its policies, previously invested in a European fact-checking database for elections. Google’s global affairs president, Kent Walker, argued that such integration is “not appropriate or effective” for their services, while highlighting their existing content moderation technologies. This decision comes amid a broader trend of major tech companies, including Meta and X, scaling back their fact-checking efforts. The EU’s fact-checking requirement is set to become mandatory under its new Code of Practice on Disinformation.

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