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Monday 20 July 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 6:56 am

Google wins UK libel case

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The High Court ruled yesterday that Google is not liable for defamatory comments that appear in its search results. In a landmark ruling Mr Justice Eady said its search engine was not responsible for comments relating to Metropolitan International Schools, a distance learning business. The court said Google was a “facilitator” and not a publisher of content.

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