{"id":23363,"date":"2026-06-03T17:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/what-do-uk-watchdogs-new-rules-on-google-ai-results-mean-for-publishers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:37:15","slug":"what-do-uk-watchdogs-new-rules-on-google-ai-results-mean-for-publishers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/what-do-uk-watchdogs-new-rules-on-google-ai-results-mean-for-publishers\/","title":{"rendered":"What do UK watchdog\u2019s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s competition watchdog has ordered Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/jun\/03\/uk-media-groups-power-opt-out-google-ai-search-summaries\">to change how it uses publishers\u2019 content<\/a> in its AI-powered search results, in a move that will have global ramifications.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is using powers that allow it to set <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/oct\/10\/google-given-special-status-by-watchdog-that-could-force-it-to-change-uk-search\">bespoke rules for major tech firms<\/a> that it deems to have \u201cstrategic market status\u201d. Google, the world\u2019s largest search engine, is one of those companies.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/jun\/03\/what-does-uk-watchdog-new-google-ai-results-rule-means-publishers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/48c2f1158b35ff75cb2edcbb613c747af1215f74\/101_0_3332_2666\/master\/3332.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=59699d95a3f16ec51c747b2fdcaced96\" title=\"What do UK watchdog\u2019s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?\" \/>Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications<br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s competition watchdog has ordered Google to change how it uses publishers\u2019 content in its AI-powered search results, in a move that will have global ramifications.<br \/>\nThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is using powers that allow it to set bespoke rules for major tech firms that it deems to have \u201cstrategic market status\u201d. Google, the world\u2019s largest search engine, is one of those companies. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications The UK\u2019s competition watchdog has ordered Google to change how it uses publishers\u2019 content in its AI-powered search results, in a move that will have global ramifications. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is using powers &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/what-do-uk-watchdogs-new-rules-on-google-ai-results-mean-for-publishers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What do UK watchdog\u2019s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23363"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}