Google ordered to pay a man $500K for defamatory search result.

[britporn_mike]

Google best take note of his ruling and take complaints about erroneous listings seriously.


"Google has been ordered to pay a prominent Canadian businessman half-a-million dollars for failing to remove a defamatory search result of his name. "


'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65340444'

[TheButcher]

It seems a fair ruling to me.

[jonas]

Has there been any other cases where people have sued and won for similar situations or is this the 1st time this has happened.

[vblogger]

$500 million for Google is the same as me buying a cup of coffee

[calista]

How much of that will he see after legal fees, taxes and other expenses?

[blingman]

How much of that will he see after legal fees, taxes and other expenses?

Around $200,000 I think

[bbwlover]

How much of that will he see after legal fees, taxes and other expenses?

Around $200,000 I think

Maybe a little less

[gspotman]

Google best take note of his ruling and take complaints about erroneous listings seriously.


"Google has been ordered to pay a prominent Canadian businessman half-a-million dollars for failing to remove a defamatory search result of his name. "


'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65340444'

Good for him