Google Considering Pulling News Service From Europe

The European Union’s Copyright Directive will give publishers the right to demand money from the Alphabet Inc. unit, Facebook Inc. and other web platforms when fragments of their articles show up in news search results, or are shared by users. The law was supposed to be finalized this week but was delayed by disagreement among member states. Google News said it might quit the continent in response to the directive.

Source: Google Considering Pulling News Service From Europe

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