Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Google wins long-running battle against defamatory web links

Google links

The Australian High Court threw out all of Google’s accusations about the search giant. The corporation argued that it would be responsible for every page of content related to the connection. To avoid censorship, the entire web would need to be censored – and Google didn’t need to do it. Google won a long-running legal … Read more

Google has been ordered to pay $515,000 to an Australian court

Australian court

An Australian court ordered Google to pay A$715,000 ($515,000) to a former senior lawmaker. The Federal Court found that YouTube’s Jordan Shanks’ defamatory campaign drove him to quit politics prematurely. Judge: Google’s conduct in this proceeding was improper and unjustifiable. An Australian court requested Google to pay A$715,000 ($515,000) to a previous senior official on … Read more