The Autorité de la concurrence said the company “disregarded several injunctions” related to its negotiations with three media groups over compensation for news content that appears in search results. It gave Google two months to make the publishers an offer. (The Logic)

Talking point: This is the tech firm’s second admonishment from the Autorité in as many months. In a statement, Google France insisted it has acted in good faith during the negotiations, and said the decision doesn’t reflect how it uses news content on its platforms. The firm also said it’s close to a deal with AFP, one of the three groups in question. In January, Google reached an agreement with another of the organizations, the umbrella Alliance de la presse d’information generale, reportedly worth US$76 million to 121 publications; it was shelved pending the regulator’s decision. France was the first country to legislate off the EU’s new copyright rules, which backs publishers who seek compensation from digital platforms. Elsewhere, Australia has imposed a licensing regime but with mandatory arbitration, and in Canada Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has promised, but not tabled, something similar.