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Google facing complaint over access to non-profiling feed on YouTube in EU

By Sara Brandstätter ( March 10, 2026, 05:00 GMT | Insight) -- Google’s YouTube is facing a complaint alleging that it is breaching the EU's digital services law by making it difficult for users to access an alternative to its own algorithm system which determines and provides recommendations for the content they see. Belgium-based digital rights group European Digital Rights, or EDRi, said its complaint argues that YouTube violates rules requiring a directly accessible non-profiling option and prohibiting manipulative design.Google’s YouTube is facing a complaint alleging that its interface design breaches the EU's digital services law by failing to make it easy for users to access an alternative to its algorithm which determines and provides recommendations for content....

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