The legislation explicitly prevents platforms from deindexing/downranking news sites that participate in the code in favour of other sites that do not.
Which places Google in a more difficult position, because if a user searches for some news, Google is essentially forced to return results from a participating news organisation, or not show any relevant news results at all.
While Facebook can just prevent users from sharing any news links, Google can't exactly stop users from searching for news.
Which places Google in a more difficult position, because if a user searches for some news, Google is essentially forced to return results from a participating news organisation, or not show any relevant news results at all.
While Facebook can just prevent users from sharing any news links, Google can't exactly stop users from searching for news.