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Google LLC v Defteros
(2022) 277 CLR 358
Key Principle
Providing a search result that contains a title, snippet and hyperlink directing a user to a third-party webpage does not, without more, make the search engine a publisher of the defamatory matter on that page; it is a mere reference to, not a participation in the communication of, the third party's content.
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