Google VP of News points to 2014 shutdown of Google News in Spain, says "We would not like to see that happen in Europe", due to the proposed EU "link tax" regs (Jim Waterson/The Guardian)

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Google VP of News points to 2014 shutdown of Google News in Spain, says “We would not like to see that happen in Europe”, due to the proposed EU “link tax” regs  —  Search engine is lobbying hard to stop proposed tax, aimed at compensating news publishers

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