> [...] just shut down Google News and remove news sites from the search index in France [...] AFAIU the French regulators decreed that Google can't not link,

> [...] just shut down Google News and remove news sites from the search index in France [...] AFAIU the French regulators decreed that Google can't not link, either [0]. It's quite a paradox: Google needs to pay to show snippets or even just linking to French (EU) news sites, but can't not show snippets/link either. [0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/french-regulator-says-google-must-pay-news-sites-to-send-them-traffic https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/04/french-regulator...