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title: "EU antitrust regulators quiz publishers on Google's AI search opt-out"
description: "Most outlets reported that EU antitrust regulators questioned publishers about Google’s new AI opt-out feature, with The Express Tribune adding context about Google’s June announcement and UK regulatory actions. The News International emphasized the European Commission’s detailed questionnaire and its focus on publishers’ plans and commercial considerations."
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# EU antitrust regulators quiz publishers on Google's AI search opt-out

technology · latest filing 1 Sep 2026, 11:59 PM PKT · 1 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that EU antitrust regulators questioned publishers about Google’s new AI opt-out feature, with The Express Tribune adding context about Google’s June announcement and UK regulatory actions. The News International emphasized the European Commission’s detailed questionnaire and its focus on publishers’ plans and commercial considerations.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **The News International** — [EU antitrust regulators Quiz Publishers on Google's AI search opt-out: report](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1414509-eu-antitrust-regulators-quiz-publishers-on-googles-ai-search-opt-out-report) · 1 Sep 2026, 11:59 PM PKT
  > The European Commission circulated a detailed questionnaire to news and media publishers, asking whether they plan to utilize Google’s newly introduced AI opt-out mechanism and evaluating the commercial factors...
- **The Express Tribune** — [EU antitrust regulators quiz publishers on Google's AI search opt-out](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2626946/eu-antitrust-regulators-quiz-publishers-on-googles-ai-search-opt-out) · 1 Sep 2026, 6:48 PM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Google announced an AI opt-out for publishers in June, as UK regulators ordered it to allow content restrictions

2 articles from 2 outlets, 1 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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