Topic: opt-out mechanisms
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EU's Google Probe: SEO, AI, and Content Rights at Stake
The European Commission is investigating Google's use of copyrighted online content to train its AI systems, a case that could redefine fair use and require new licensing models for digital content. Publishers allege Google's AI summaries, like AI Overviews, significantly reduce traffic to origin...
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U.S. State Privacy Laws: Your Essential Guide
The U.S. lacks a unified federal privacy law, creating a complex patchwork of state regulations that businesses must navigate, with common consumer rights but differing scopes and obligations. Key state privacy laws, such as those in California, Virginia, and Colorado, set specific thresholds for...
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Web Developers Revolt Against Google's AI Overviews
Web developers and publishers are challenging Google's AI Overviews, which they argue reduce traffic and revenue by providing direct answers in search results, prompting infrastructure provider Cloudflare to update robots.txt files to pressure Google into changing its content crawling practices. ...
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