The Axios website has obtained a copy of a letter sent by Google to European Union officials, in which the company states that it will not comply with the new measures requiring fact-checking in search engine results or YouTube videos.
What's more, the publication states that Google will not use data from fact-checkers when evaluating or removing content from the search engine or its video platform.
In the letter sent to the European Commission, the president of Google's Global Affairs division, Kent Walker, stated that the integration of fact-checking “is simply not appropriate or effective for the services” operated by the company, indicating that the current content moderation measures are more appropriate.
Walker said that Google intends to continue investing in the current Synth ID and Artificial Intelligence detection technologies in videos, also pointing to the possibility of YouTube users leaving notes that add context to certain videos.
