Türkiye’s competition regulator has announced an inquiry into AI Overviews and AI Mode, alongside interim protections for news publishers. Google must separate publishers’ decisions about AI content use from their visibility in other services. The measure also addresses discriminatory terms and the economic value of content, while the investigation examines possible abuse of dominance.
Google must give news publishers a choice about AI content use that does not depend on their visibility and indexing elsewhere in its services. Türkiye’s Competition Authority announced the interim measure on 2 November alongside an investigation into AI Overviews and AI Mode, the features that place AI-generated answers within Google Search. The board adopted the interim decision on 8 October.[1], [2]
The measure calls for terms that treat publishers without discrimination and recognize the economic value of their content. The authority said indications of discriminatory and exploitative behavior affecting publishers had reached strong suspicion. Its preliminary inquiry, begun on 27 August, examined changes in information-seeking behavior and whether AI answers harm traffic reaching publishers and other content producers. It also considered differences in source selection and licensing agreements.[1]
The investigation asks whether the services breach the competition-law prohibition on abuse of a dominant position. It covers the economic group containing Alphabet and Google’s relevant companies. Investigators are examining potentially unfair contractual terms and possible exclusionary effects on publishers, other content creators and AI chatbot assistants. Opening the case establishes the questions being investigated; it does not establish that Google has broken the law.[1]
