Google is in a difficult situation. A court recently refused to overturn a ruling that requires Google to “censor” the Internet. This means that Google may be forced to remove certain websites from its search results.
Google is in a difficult situation. A court recently refused to overturn a ruling that requires Google to “censor” the Internet. This means that Google may be forced to remove certain websites from its search results. This can be a big problem for Google, as its main business is to provide unbiased information to users. It’s not clear what will happen next, but it’s possible that Google will have to make some tough decisions about how it runs its business.
A ‘devastating’ result on the internet!
A ‘devastating’ result on the internet! This is how Google described the consequences that could follow if the Australian court’s 2020 ruling holding Google responsible for displaying hyperlinks to pages with defamatory material was not taken down.
Last year, Google won the right to appeal in a 2020 defamation lawsuit. In a suit in the High Court of Australia, Google said that if the court fails to overturn the decision, Google will be liable as a publisher of any material published on the internet to which your search results provide a link.
Googl and stated that “a hyperlink is not, in and of itself, the communication of what it is linked to.” The search giant also said that if the decision is not overturned, it will be obliged to “censor” its search results even when the Censored web pages come from reputable sources and can be a “issue of legitimate interest” for many people looking for them.
In 2016, George Defteros asked Google to remove its search results from researches a 2004 article in an Australian newspaper called The Age. According to Defteros, the article was defaming him by reporting that he was charged with murder in connection with the deaths of three men. Google refused to retract the article, despite the charges being dropped in 2005. For the technology giant , the article came from a reputable source.
In 2020, the Victorian High Court judge ruled that the article of The Age defamed Defteros and rejected Google’s request to overturn the ruling. According to the judge, neither the article nor the Google search result showed that the charges against Defteros had been dropped.
So what does this mean for you, a simple user from Internet? It means that if Google is forced to censor its search results, information that was once easily accessible can now be hidden from view. This could include news and articles from reputable sources, potentially affecting your ability to make informed decisions on important topics . The good news is that we will continue to follow this story and provide updates as they become available. In the meantime, be sure to keep an eye on AndroidGeek for all the latest news and information about this developing story. .
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