Google has told the European Union (EU) won’t comply with its new fact-checking law, according to a new report that says the massive search engine won’t incorporate the measures into its search function or YouTube video results.

Axios noted that this is not a practice Google has ever engaged in and reported that the company had previously indicated to the international body that it was unlikely to integrate its new fact-checking practices.

Fox News Digital could not immediately reach Google to confirm what steps it takes to ensure that the most legitimate publications are found through its search engine, given previous concerns about the effects of disinformation campaigns.

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Google’s president of global affairs, Kent Walker, appears to have informed the deputy director-general of the European Commission’s communications networks, content and technology body, Renate Nikolay, that the Misinformation Code of Practice “it is simply not appropriate or effective for our services.”

Walker argued that Google’s current approach to content moderation is already effective and does not need an additional fact-checking component, which under the new EU guidelines would apparently show fact-checking results alongside the results of the search

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Republicans on the Hill championed that as a victory for free speech, including House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who said in a Thursday post to X that it was a “step in the right direction. Kudos to Google for rejecting the EU’s attempt to make censorship the new norm.”

It’s unclear whether Google also saw this fact-checking push as a form of “censorship,” or whether its opposition to the regulation was that it was unnecessary given other methods the company uses to moderate its search results.

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But the news comes at a time when large technology companies they are increasingly accused of cozying up to President Donald Trump as he returns to the White House

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google attended Trump’s second inauguration along with other tech leaders like Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and TikTok CEO Shou Chew.

Fox Business could not immediately reach the European Commission for comment.