{"slug": "germany-puts-google-s-ai-overviews-and-perplexity-under-media-law-in-first-of", "title": "Germany puts Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity under media law in first-of-its-kind ruling", "summary": "German media regulators ruled that Google's AI Overviews constitute the company's own content rather than neutral search results, and that they crowd out regular links. The regulators issued first-of-their-kind rulings against Google and Perplexity under Germany's State Media Treaty, giving both companies one month to appeal.", "body_md": "German media regulators say Google's AI Overviews are Google's own content, not neutral search results, and that they crowd out regular links. The regulators have issued their first rulings against Google and Perplexity under the country's State Media Treaty. Both companies have one month to appeal.\n\nThe article [Germany puts Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity under media law in first-of-its-kind ruling](https://the-decoder.com/germany-puts-googles-ai-overviews-and-perplexity-under-media-law-in-first-of-its-kind-ruling/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/germany-puts-google-s-ai-overviews-and-perplexity-under-media-law-in-first-of", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/germany-puts-googles-ai-overviews-and-perplexity-under-media-law-in-first-of-its-kind-ruling/", "published_at": "2026-07-16 16:12:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-16 16:29:09.904452+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Google", "Perplexity", "Germany"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/germany-puts-google-s-ai-overviews-and-perplexity-under-media-law-in-first-of", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/germany-puts-google-s-ai-overviews-and-perplexity-under-media-law-in-first-of.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/germany-puts-google-s-ai-overviews-and-perplexity-under-media-law-in-first-of.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/germany-puts-google-s-ai-overviews-and-perplexity-under-media-law-in-first-of.jsonld"}}