📰 Media & Journalism Jun 30, 2026 · Dominic Ponsford

Spurious copyright claim sees second Press Gazette story removed from Google search

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Spurious copyright claim sees second Press Gazette story removed from Google search
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A Press Gazette article exposing the dubious ‘parasite SEO’ tactics of online marketing company Clickout Media has been removed from Google search results after a spurious anonymous legal challenge.



UPDATE 2/7/2026: This story has now been reinstated in Google search results



A mysterious entity called DRF Corp wrote to Google stating Press Gazette had “willfully violated copyright law by copying our entire content word for word, including all images, which are solely owned by our company”

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