CMA Orders Google AI Search Opt-Out for Publishers (opens in new tab)

The CMA's conduct requirement under the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act is the first binding law to separate content display rights from AI training data rights at domain and page level, covering Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, and Vertex AI simultaneously, with a phased implementation calendar: main publisher controls by December 2026 and page-level grounding controls by March 2027. CMA chief Sarah Cardell explicitly signaled additional Google search requirements in c...