Published: June 3, 2026 ⢠2:13 PM IST · Updated: June 3, 2026 ⢠5:42 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Online publishers and news organisations are now able to block their content from appearing in Googleās AI summaries in UK search results, the British competition watchdog has announced.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the new requirement would āput publishers, like news organisations, in a stronger position to negotiate content deals with Googleā.
Many media organisations have complained that they have seen a drop in click-through traffic to their websites ā and therefore their revenue ā since Google started placing AI summaries at the top of its search page.
Many people read these without clicking through to the original journalism.
Up until now, websites were also unable to opt out of their content being scraped for AI overviews without also withdrawing from traditional Google search.