https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/google-curbs-ai-in-school-accounts-after-pushbackContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/google-curbs-ai-in-school-accounts-after-pushbackhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/google-curbs-ai-in-school-accounts-after-pushback#u188459Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:10:22 +0000Google faces intense political backlash after announcing that school accounts rejecting artificial intelligence tools will also lose access to Google Search. The company states there is no way to use Search without artificial intelligence, forcing educational institutions to accept AI features or forfeit search access for students. Prominent critics, including US Senator Bernie Sanders, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and former FTC chair Lina Khan, condemned the policy. Sanders labeled the move extortion, while Mamdani and Khan accused Google of acting as an unregulated monopoly over the