Paris court suspends Google test limiting users’ news access, RSF calls for permanent ban searchengineworld.com

Google had planned to conduct an experiment removing press content from Google Search, Google News, and Google Discover for a subset of users in France. The company framed this as a test to assess the relevance of press content in search results. However, SEPM and RSF argued that the move violated Google’s prior commitments to France’s competition authority, particularly its pledge not to alter user experience during ongoing negotiations over intellectual property rights.