( March 13, 2025, 13:51 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Brazilian competition authority has upheld its decision to close the investigation into Google News, rejecting appeals from the National Association of Newspapers (ANJ). The case, which centered on allegations that Google "scraped" journalistic content and displayed it as snippets in search results, had raised concerns about the impact on traffic to original news websites. In a formal ruling, CADE's Superintendent-General, Alexandre Barreto de Souza, cited the ANJ's lack of legal standing to appeal the closure.See full statement in portuguese:...
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