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      1. ""We don’t accept payment from anyone to be included in search results," Google wrote [..] "We sell ads, not search results [..]. That’s also why we don’t pay publishers when people click on their links in a search result." arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/despite-new-law-google-refuses-to-pay-to-link-to-french-news-sites/
    1. …in reply to @RGadellaa
      "Of course, the change could reduce traffic to French news sites. Google says that if news sites want Google to start showing snippets again, they just have to give Google permission to do so."
  1. …in reply to @RGadellaa
    "This isn't what advocates of the law had in mind. Their goal wasn't to make European news sites less prominent in search results—it was to convince Google to start paying licensing fees. But Google is signaling that it has no intention of doing that."
    1. …in reply to @RGadellaa
      Good job, EU. 👏