Google to Block Spanish News, Ahead of New Law and ‘Tax’
I know I won’t be linking any Spanish sites anytime soon.
Google’s decision to close Google News in Spain because of a law requiring aggregators to pay news publishers for linking content will reverberate all-around the world, the company said Thursday.
Google said it will block reports from Spanish publishers from its Google News international editions, which number more than 70, in addition to the Spain shutdown on Dec. 16 - several weeks before a new Spanish intellectual property law takes effect on Jan 1.
That means people in Latin America where Spanish news organizations have sought to boost audiences won’t see their news via Google News in Mexico and elsewhere. Also set to disappear are reports in English from Spanish publishers like the leading El Pais newspaper.
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