Commentators say Google shouldn't dictate school AI policy
6 Nov 5 11:46 AM · 2d ago · 2 articles · 13 posts · 2 comments · 5 sources · development 6 of 6
A New Scientist column argued Google still shouldn't be able to pressure schools into using its AI, even under the revised policy, while other outlets framed the episode as Google forcing a choice between AI and basic search access.
Google Policy makerLina Khan Former FTC chair
Zohran Mamdani New York City Mayor
Bernie Sanders U.S. Senator (I-VT)Tracy Frey Former Google director, responsible AI
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What was reported 3 claims about this development
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first by New Scientist, 2d ago
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first by Times of India, 4d ago
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first by New Republic, 4d ago
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Monday: Google threatens schools if they don’t keep AI on school computers Thursday:
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One of the biggest tech companies shouldn’t steamroll how schools teach via an update. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/11/goog le-forcing-ai-students-bs
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Yeah it makes sense that you would reply directly to me when you were talking to everyone else. Sorry you're so upset. You should learn to not take reddit so seriously and try and turn everything into an argument. I won't reply further.
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This is insanely coercive. Forcing schools to use AI tools isn’t going to make people love them more.
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I still find it extremely funny that Google is going to block Google search access for any school that bans AI things, which is extremely funny because obviously that doesn't result in schools changing their AI policy, but it actually makes schools actively think about which search engine they're gonna put on their computers for the first time in…
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I use Kagi, it's exactly where pre-enshittification Google used to be. The main thing I find it excels at over DDG is image search which is a thousand times more accurate at getting you what you want compared to DDG.
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And restore search function to school libraries that block your AI.
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Google news yesterday: Google will turn off search for schools that disable AI, claiming they're too deeply integrated. https://www. seattletimes.com/business/goog le-will-turn-off-search-for-schools-that-reject-ai/ Google news today: Google is being sued by the parents of a 13-year-old girl who their Gemini chatbot helped to plan her suicide…
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Google walks away from its old motto and becomes more evil every day. tfw people chose you because of your search engine, and now they can't use your search engine if they won't consent to being force-fed your AI #google #googleai
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The right way to frame this issue: Everyone should be free to use the technologies they wish to use and not being forced to use what they don't wish to use. A company should not be demonized because it provides technologies that some users like and other users don't like. "It’s no secret that the biggest companies in AI are operating at a huge…
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DuckDuckGo is pitching itself to schools after Google created an opening for the alternative search engine.
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Did I mention Google found a new way to be evil? Because Google found a new way to be evil. https:// techcrunch.com/2026/11/04/goog le-faces-backlash-for-plan-that-would-turn-off-search-for-schools-that-restrict-ai/ I've been meaning to do https:// codeberg.org/landley/toybox/co mmit/f66673291a80 for ages, but hadn't picked a new server yet…
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Right. And DuckDuckGo is explicitly using this as an opportunity to grab market/mindshare, so... 🤷 (Thanks!)
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In light of Google disabling Google Search for K-12 student accounts where schools disable AI-generated answers, DuckDuckGo is providing instructions for schools on how to make DuckDuckGo's AI-free version of its search engine a school's default instead. https://www. tomsguide.com/ai/google-is-giv ing-schools-a-choice-allow-ai-or-lose-google-search
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google is forcing its AI bullshit onto schools Google Will Cut Off Search Engine Access To Schools Banning Generative AI https://www. forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/ 2026/11/03/google-will-cut-off-search-engine-access-to-schools-banning-generative-ai/
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# Google you absolute bullying sacks of shit. https:// newrepublic.com/post/217506/go ogle-tries-blackmail-schools-artificial-intelligence-ai # AI # ForcedAI # BigTech # Bullies # Blackmail # Tech
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Google to schools: Keep our AI turned on, or lose access to Search - https:// tech.yahoo.com/ai/article/goog le-to-schools-keep-our-ai-turned-on-or-lose-access-to-search-182054481.html
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Google Makes Schools Choose Between AI Restrictions and Search Access www.eweek.com/news/google-... Forcing students to use AI? Bad news. Google to Block Search for Sch...
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And schools should tell Google to ______________ (fill in the blank). # education # Canada https://www. cbc.ca/news/canada/google-clas sroom-suite-search-ai-9.7410158
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Google Will Disable Search in Schools That Reject Its AI Tools https:// nexa.news/google-will-disable- search-in-schools-that-reject-its-ai-tools
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