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Trkulja v Google LLC

(2018) 263 CLR 149
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year2018
StatusBinding authority

Summary

A search engine operator can be liable as a publisher of defamatory matter generated by its autocomplete and image search algorithms.

Key Principle

defamation; search engine; autocomplete; whether Google published defamatory matter; publisher liability for algorithm

Area of Law

tort

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