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I don't think it's reasonable for Google to remove content whenever someone just says its defamatory, in the absence of a court finding that it's actually defam
by Symmetry 3y ago
I don't think it's reasonable for Google to remove content whenever someone just says its defamatory, in the absence of a court finding that it's actually defamatory. Otherwise we'd quickly lose every reference to Biden winning the 2020 election once it was widely known that the rule existed.
- colonwqbang 3y agoBut the court did find that it was defamatory. There is a world of difference, legally, between disparaging a powerful politician like Biden and a normal private person.
- caf 3y agoThey don't have to remove content whenever someone just says its defamatory. They have to remove defamatory content once someone has told them it's defamatory. Essentially the ball is put into Google's court at the point, with the question: are you willing to defend this as non-defamatory? Which is the same question all primary publishers face.