Google to Stop Limited Censorship for User Search in Canada From This Week

Alphabet's Google will stop blocking news articles from some Canadian users' search results on March 16, a company executive told a Canadian parliamentary panel investigating the tech firm on Friday.

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Last month, Google started testing limited news censorship as a potential response to a Canadian government bill that aims to compel online platforms to pay publishers in Canada for news content.

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Google has claimed that the test is like thousands of other product tests the company conducts on a regular basis.

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The tests, which the company says affected less than 4 percent of Canadian users, began on February 9 and were scheduled to run for five weeks.

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Speaking to a parliamentary committee investigating the tests, Google's public policy manager Jason Kee confirmed that the tests would end next week.

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"I want to underline these are just tests. No decisions have been made about product changes," Kee said.

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Google to Stop Limited Censorship for User Search in Canada From This Week

Google has claimed that the limited censorship test is like thousands of other product tests.

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Alphabet's Google will stop blocking news articles from some Canadian users' search results on March 16, a company executive told a Canadian parliamentary panel investigating the tech firm on Friday.

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Last month, Google started testing limited news censorship as a potential response to a Canadian government bill that aims to compel online platforms to pay publishers in Canada for news content.

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Google has claimed that the test is like thousands of other product tests the company conducts on a regular basis.

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The tests, which the company says affected less than 4 percent of Canadian users, began on February 9 and were scheduled to run for five weeks.

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Speaking to a parliamentary committee investigating the tests, Google's public policy manager Jason Kee confirmed that the tests would end next week.

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"I want to underline these are just tests. No decisions have been made about product changes," Kee said.

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