'Don't be evil': New Zealand tells Google on British backpacker case

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'Don't be evil': New Zealand tells Google on British backpacker case

After the platform failed to abide by suppression order related to murder case.

New Zealand's justice minister on Wednesday urged Alphabet's Google not to be "evil" after the company failed to abide by a suppression order related to the murder case of a British backpacker. The killing of 22-year-old Grace Millane last year shocked New Zealand, where serious crimes are ...

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