Google's commitments are part of a changing approach in a global debate over how tech companies should pay for news content
France’s competition authority accepts tech giant’s commitments, less than a year after fining the company $525 million
The Department of Justice is investigating the U.S.'s largest tech firms for allegedly monopolistic behavior. Roughly 20 years ago, a similar case threatened to destabilize Microsoft. WSJ explains.PARIS—Google made binding commitments to negotiate license deals fairly with a broader array of French news publishers, part of a changing approach from the search company in a global debate over how tech companies should pay for news content.
France’s competition authority said Tuesday that a new set of promises that Google made, including a pledge to give publishers estimates of indirect revenue it generates from including news content in its search results, has resolved a dispute that has stretched for more than two years.
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