blog post<\/a> last week announcing the removal, Google VP of Global News Partnerships Jaffer Zaidi warned that the CJPA is \u201cthe wrong approach to supporting journalism\u201d (because Google\u2019s current approach totally hasn\u2019t left the industry in smoldering ruins!). Zaidi said the CJPA \u201cwould also put small publishers at a disadvantage and limit consumers\u2019 access to a diverse local media ecosystem.\u201d Nothing to see here, folks: just your friendly neighborhood multi-trillion-dollar company looking out for the little guy!<\/p>\nGoogle described its link removal as a test to see how the bill would impact its platform:<\/p>\n
\u201cTo prepare for possible CJPA implications, we are beginning a short-term test for a small percentage of California users,\u201d Zaidi wrote. \u201cThe testing process involves removing links to California news websites, potentially covered by CJPA, to measure the impact of the legislation on our product experience. Until there\u2019s clarity on California\u2019s regulatory environment, we\u2019re also pausing further investments in the California news ecosystem, including new partnerships through Google News Showcase, our product and licensing program for news organizations, and planned expansions of the Google News Initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n
In its letters, The News\/Media Alliance lists several laws it believes Google may be breaking with the \u201cshort-term\u201d removal. Potential federal violations include the Lanham Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act. The letter to California\u2019s AG cites the state\u2019s Unruh Civil Rights Act, regulations against false advertising and misrepresentation, the California Consumer Privacy Act and California\u2019s Unfair Competition Law (UCL).<\/p>\n
\u201cImportantly, Google released no further details on how many Californians will be affected, how the Californians who will be denied news access were chosen, what publications will be affected, how long the compelled news blackouts will persist, and whether access will be blocked entirely or just to content Google particularly disfavors,\u201d News\/Media Alliance President \/ CEO Danielle Coffey wrote in the letter to the DOJ and FTC. \u201cBecause of these unknowns, there are many ways Google\u2019s unilateral decision to turn off access to news websites for Californians could violate laws.\u201d<\/p>\n
Google has a mixed track record in dealing with similar legislation. It pulled Google News from Spain<\/a> for seven years in response to local copyright laws that would have required licensing fees to publishers. However, it signed<\/a> deals worth around $150 million to pay Australian publishers and retreated<\/a> from threats to pull news from search results in Canada, instead spending the $74 million required by the Online News Act.<\/p>\nGoogle made more than $73 billion in profits in 2023. The company currently has a $1.94 trillion market cap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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