SHUTTERED: Google has shut down its popular online news service in Spain because it said having to pay for content would be an unsustainable business model.
MADRID: US giant Google shut down its popular online news service in Spain in protest at a new law which would make it pay for content.
“We’re incredibly sad to announce that, due to recent changes in Spanish law, we have removed Spanish publishers from Google News and closed Google News in Spain,” read a message on the company’s Spanish news page, which is normally full of aggregated content.
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