Google Proposes a Plan to Appease French Antitrust Group Over Its News Content

Google has submitted proposals to the French antitrust watchdog about how it would deal with news agencies and publishers in a dispute about paying for news content, Google and the watchdog said on Wednesday.

France’s Competition Authority said in a statement it would put these proposals to a public consultation and the parties involved must respond by Jan. 31, 2022.

News organizations, which have been losing ad revenue to online aggregators such as Google and Facebook, have complained for years about tech companies using stories in search results or other features without copyright payment.