The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority ordered Google to allow news publishers to opt out of AI scraping used to power AI Overviews and other generative AI search features for British users. The regulator called the requirement a “world first,” seeking to loosen Google’s market power in search. Under the ruling, Google must provide effective publisher tools to prevent content from being used in AI overviews and must include proper citations with clear links. Publishers will also have the ability to opt out of fine-tuning AI models on their content. For universities with media programs and for education-research groups studying AI information ecosystems, the decision is an immediate compliance template: it formalizes control over text and data used in generative systems—an issue increasingly relevant to library licensing, digital scholarship, and AI ethics governance.