{"id":134637,"date":"2022-01-25T03:22:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T11:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/google-warns-that-defamation-case-ruling-will-force-it-to-censor-the-internet"},"modified":"2022-01-25T03:22:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T11:22:16","slug":"google-warns-that-defamation-case-ruling-will-force-it-to-censor-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/google-warns-that-defamation-case-ruling-will-force-it-to-censor-the-internet","title":{"rendered":"Google warns that defamation case ruling will force it to \u2018censor\u2019 the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i7qr0wC9W9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/24\/google-warns-of-devastating-impact-if-court-ruling-on-defamatory-hyperlinks-not-overturned\">reports<\/a> that the case revolves around George Defteros, a Victoria defense lawyer who previously represented Melbourne gangland figures. He sued Google over claims that its publication of search results showing a 2004 article defamed him.<\/p>\n<p>The article from The Age implied that Defteros had become more than just a lawyer for criminal elements but was also a friend and confidant, crossing professional boundaries. The piece also reported on the murder charges Defteros faced in relation to the killing of three men. Prosecutors withdrew the charges in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Defteros\u2019 lawyers contacted Google in February 2016 and asked it to remove the article, but Google refused as it said The Age was a reputable source. The piece was eventually removed in December 2016 after it had been accessed a further 150 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian reports that the case revolves around George Defteros, a Victoria defense lawyer who previously represented Melbourne gangland figures. He sued Google over claims that its publication of search results showing a 2004 article defamed him. The article from The Age implied that Defteros had become more than just a lawyer for criminal elements [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,1496],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}