European alternatives to Google News
Google's algorithmic news aggregator, personalised from your Google activity. What you read feeds the same US-hosted profile that powers Google's ads.
Company information about Google News
- Company
- Google LLC
- Parent company
- Alphabet Inc.
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, United States
- Founded
- 2002
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Own infrastructure
Why people switch away from Google News
European alternatives to Google News
Pan-European news channel founded in Lyon in 1993. Broadcasts in 12 languages reaching 400M+ homes in 155 countries. Owned by Alpac Capital since 2021. Covers EU affairs, world news, business, and culture from a European perspective.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.