Google Wins Big After High Court Finds The Search Engine Is Not A Publisher – B&T

The US-based search engine, Google, has had a major legal win! It has been declared that Google is not legally responsible for defamatory news stories.

The win also means that Google is not legally responsible for material consumers view when they click on anything that isn’t sponsored – this is huge news!

Basically, the high court has declared that Google, at least, in this case, is not a publisher. But it sets a very telling precedent.

The Brisbane Times has reported that High Court went as far as to overturn the decision made by The Victorian Supreme Court that Google should pay $40,000 in damages to criminal lawyer George Defteros.

Why was Google paying Defteros damages? Because Google didn’t take down a hyperlink linked to a newspaper article that Deftero said was defamatory.

When Google was ordered to pay the $40,000, it made waves in the media industry. Sure, that isn’t much money to a giant like Google, but it made publishers anxious.

It was sending a very clear message…

Read Full Story: https://www.bandt.com.au/google-wins-big-after-high-court-finds-the-search-engine-is-not-a-publisher/

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