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Google LLC v Defteros

(2022) 277 CLR 358
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year2022
StatusBinding authority

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.

Area of Law

tort

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