Google has officially announced its decision to opt out of the European Union’s Code of Practice on Disinformation, a move that could significantly impact content moderation across its platforms. The announcement,

Google has reportedly conveyed to the European Union (EU) that it will not add fact-checking features to search results and YouTube videos. This clearly indicates that Google will not commit to implementing measures against misinformation as demanded by the EU.

Google has notified the European Union that it won’t integrate work from fact-checking organizations into Search or YouTube, ahead of the bloc’s plans to expand disinformation laws. Google had previously signed a set of voluntary commitments that the EU introduced in 2022 to reduce the impact of online disinformation,

After Mark Zuckerberg's big announcement that Meta will no longer fact check, Google is also sending a message to the European Union: The search giant is opting out of a new EU law that requires fact checks.

Google announced its intention Thursday to flout European Union standards for digital fact-checking, opting not to build an internal department to moderate and verify YouTube content despite requirements from a new law.

European politicians and advocacy groups say the region’s legislation will not dismantle the monopolies of Big Tech companies.

The European Commission is reevaluating its probes into tech giants including Apple , Meta and Alphabet's Google, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

If the trend becomes entrenched, the Commission would need to reconsider its fact-checking demands, a source told Euractiv

Meta, Google, TikTok, and X have promised European legislators that they will step up efforts to prevent and remove illegal hate speech from their platforms. The pledge comes as part of the updated voluntary commitments added to the Digital Services Act (DSA) by the European Commission.

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, X, YouTube, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Dailymotion, Jeuxvideo.com, Rakuten Viber, and Microsoft-hosted consumer services have all signed the “Code

Brussels is reassessing its investigations of tech groups including Apple, Meta and Google, just as the US companies urge president-elect Donald Trump to intervene against what they characterise as overzealous EU enforcement.

Google rejects EU's fact-checking requirements for search and YouTube, defying new disinformation rules. Google has reportedly told the EU it won’t add fact-checking to search results or YouTube videos, nor will it use fact-checks to influence rankings or remove content. This decision defies new EU rules aimed at tackling disinformation.