Google warns its news site could shut down in Europe if a new 'link tax' goes ahead
November 19, 2018 at 08:54 AM EST
The so-called link tax is part of proposed European legislation that grants publishers copyright over content that is shared online via Facebook or YouTube and applies to sites that aggregate articles such as Google News. If the legislation goes ahead, Google would have to compensate publishers when articles appear in search results on its news pages.