Google has been testing blocking information in Google Search on about 4% of Canadian customers. Google stated, “We’re briefly testing potential product responses to Invoice C-18 that impression a really small proportion of Canadian customers.”
I reported on this on Search Engine Land final week after Google despatched me this assertion:
We’re briefly testing potential product responses to Invoice C-18 that impression a really small proportion of Canadian customers. We run 1000’s of assessments every year to evaluate any potential adjustments to Search. We have been totally clear about our concern that C-18 is overly broad and, if unchanged, might impression merchandise Canadians use and depend on day-after-day. We stay dedicated to supporting a sustainable future for information in Canada and providing options that repair Invoice C-18.
That is much like what Google did in Australia in 2021, here’s what that seemed like:
It’s arduous to know what this check appears like, I did ask Google for examples, however they didn’t present them.
I did discover these on Twitter, however I used to be not capable of confirm if that is the check or not:
I’m unsure if Google has formally began blocking information in Canada but, however I haven’t been capable of search information web sites for over per week — each cellular and PC pic.twitter.com/SGEOdMEZ38
— 𝘽𝙧𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙪𝙢𝙚 (@BryanPassifiume) February 23, 2023
It appears to be particularly impacting Canadian information websites — right here’s an account/incognito seek for ‘Joe Biden’ (Incognito mode denoted with an ‘I’ and my lacking Google account profile picture) pic.twitter.com/ZqV3iet7UG
— 𝘽𝙧𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙪𝙢𝙚 (@BryanPassifiume) February 23, 2023
This jogs my memory of this previous tweet from Matt Cutts:
O, Canada. https://t.co/kRbfH54ljH
— Matt Cutts (@mattcutts) June 28, 2017
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