Google suspends NZ 'trending' emails after suspect's name released

By Staff Writer on Jul 8, 2019 6:45AM

Following criticism by government amid murder trial.

Google has suspended an email alerting system in New Zealand following criticism by the government for publishing suppressed details of a murder case, the company said on Friday. The suspension of the service comes as the Alphabet-owned giant and its peers, such as Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc, ...

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