Defamation Legal Updates

• Google loses autocomplete law suit in Japan
  Google has been ordered by a Japanese Court to change its autocomplete feature and ordered to pay 30,000 yen in damages to a Japanese man. Google’s autocomplete feature was linking the man to a series of crimes he did not commit when his name was typed in on the search engine. Last year Tokyo District …
• Twitter ordered to unmask racist anonymous French tweeters
  A French tribunal has ordered Twitter to reveal the identities of the anonymous tweeters who were tweeting their anti-Semitic views. Twitter was sued by the Union of French Jewish Students. Twitter claimed that they were abiding the laws of the country that they operate in and that only a US judge could make them adhere to the request of releasing …
• Alleged stock exchange press release results in legal action for defamation
  defamation lawyer says that corporate defamation has now become an issue
• Restaurant owner found guilty of defaming customer (Canada)
  Have you ever gone to a restaurant and not been completely satisfied with your visit?  Maybe the food was poor or the service was not up to your standards.  Have you then gone online and write a review about your poor dining experience? Did the owner then start a campaign against you referring to you …
• Google is liable for defamation on search results (Australia)
  google was held liable for search results and ordered to pay damages in a recent court case