250 million fine to google:-French regulators fined Google 250 million euros (about $272 million) for not following agreements about paying news publishers for using their content online. Additionally, Google used the publishers’ material to train its AI chatbot without informing them.
250 million fine to google:- French competition regulator is giving Google a fine because it didn’t keep promises made in 2022 and didn’t negotiate fairly with news publishers. Earlier, Google was fined 500 million euros for not making a deal with publishers.
The report mentioned that Google and other online platforms have been accused of earning a lot of money from news content without giving any of the earnings to the people who create it.
250 million fine to google:- What promise did Google break?
In 2019, the European Union made a new copyright rule called “neighbouring rights,” which lets print media ask for payment when their content is used. France was a test for this rule. At first, Google and Facebook didn’t want to pay, but later they agreed to pay some French media for articles shown in web searches.
In 2022, regulators agreed with Google to talk fairly with news groups. According to the agreement, Google must give news organizations a clear offer of payment within three months if they complain about copyright issues.
250 million fine to google:- Google used publishers data to train AI without permission!
The report mentioned that Google used material from press agencies to train its AI platform Bard (now called Gemini) without telling them or the authorities.
Google didn’t give publishers and news agencies a way to say they don’t want their content used, which made it hard for them to ask for payment. The watchdog said Google agreed not to argue about the facts and suggested some changes to fix the problems the authority found.