Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google's AI Overviews

The AI-generated summaries created in Google searches have'detrimental effects on Italian users, consumers and businesses', according to FIEG. The AI-generated summaries created in Google searches have'detrimental effects on Italian users, consumers and businesses', according to FIEG. Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google's AI Overviews Newspaper federation says'traffic killer' feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversity Thu 16 Oct 2025 08.53 EDTLast modified on Thu 16 Oct 2025 10.23 EDT Italian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google's AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine's AI-generated summaries feature is a "traffic killer" that threatens their survival. FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers, said it has submitted a formal complaint to Agcom, Italy's communications watchdog. Similar complaints have been filed in other EU countries.