Google snubs EU's voluntary code of practice on disinformation before it becomes legally binding under the Digital Services Act

Google will not be adding fact checks to its search results or YouTube videos in Europe, flouting an EU law that requires it

Google: Kroll and Qwant head Olivier Abecassis hope the new index, the European Search Perspective (EUSP), will give European companies more control over what they show users.

Google has told the EU it will not comply with a forthcoming fact-checking law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios. The company states that it will not be adding fact checks to search results or YouTube videos and will not use fact-checking data when ranking or removing content.

Google has notified the European Union that it won’t integrate work from fact-checking organizations into Search or YouTube, ahead of the bloc’s plans to expand disinformation laws. Google had previously signed a set of voluntary commitments that the EU introduced in 2022 to reduce the impact of online disinformation,

Google has told the EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite the requirements of a new EU law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios.