Australia's top court finds Google not liable for defamation

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Australia's top court finds Google not liable for defamation
Australia's highest court overturned on Wednesday a ruling that had found Google engaged in defamation by supplying a link to a contested newspaper article, throwing the spotlight again on how online libel cases are handled in the country. The seven-judge full bench of the High Court of ...

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