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A 40 Million Pound Operation Turned Charity Websites Into Casino Ads. Then It Used DMCA to Kill the Reporting.

Last week, Google removed an investigative article from Search Engine Land's search results after someone filed a copyright complaint claiming the content was copied "word for word." It wasn't. The complaint was entirely fabricated. We covered the takedown when it happened. Since then, Google

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Someone Used a Fake Copyright Claim to Remove a Search Engine Land Article from Google

Within 24 hours of publishing an investigation into AI-generated gambling content on hijacked news domains, Search Engine Land had the article removed from Google's search results. Not because of a Google penalty. Not because of a content policy violation. Because someone filed a copyright complaint claiming the article