Google snubs EU's voluntary code of practice on disinformation before it becomes legally binding under the Digital Services Act

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,

Google has expressed its unwillingness to comply with the EU’s new fact-checking law. Google will not add fact-checking features to search results and YouTube videos. In addition, it will not use any fact-checking data when it ranks or removes any content.

TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb, which alleged the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China.

Austrian advocacy group Noyb has filed privacy complaints against TikTok and five other Chinese companies in the EU. Noyb claims that these tech firms are unlawfully transferring the data of users in the European Union to China.