Source: Search Engine Journal

Search Engine Journal reports on legal challenges against Google’s AI Overviews product in the UK and EU. Independent publishers and organizations like the Movement For An Open Web have filed complaints with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission, alleging that Google uses news content in AI-generated summaries without allowing publishers to opt out without losing search result inclusion.

Publishers claim this practice harms their traffic, readership, and revenue. Similar regulatory concerns have been raised by the US Department of Justice and South African Competition Commission. Google denies wrongdoing and asserts it continues to send significant traffic to publishers. The disputes underscore ongoing tensions between AI-driven content aggregation and the rights of content creators.