Google will not be adding fact checks to its search results or YouTube videos in Europe — a decision that flouts an EU law that requires tech giants to use fact checkers.
Kent Walker, Google’s global affairs president, said in a letter to the European Commission that the law “simply isn’t appropriate or effective for our services” and that Google would not be obeying it. He added that the company’s current approach to censoring content worked just fine during 2024’s “unprecedented cycle” of elections.
Axios was the first outlet to report the news on Thursday. A person with knowledge of the letter told TheWrap it was sent in October.