Australia: Google v Defteros case regarding the liability of search engine and its "publisher" status in defamation law

Progress

Current status
in force
17 Aug 2022 in force
17 Jun 2021 in force
30 Apr 2020 in force

Scope

Implementers
Australia
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
search service provider
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

17 Aug 2022
in force

Australia’s High Court overturned Court of Appeal's ruling on GOOGLE LLC v DEFTEROS

On 17 August 2022, the High Court of Australia overturned the previous ruling issued by the Victorian Court of Appeal, which found that Google was a publisher and had committed defamation by providing a link to an article about a Victorian criminal …

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body supreme court
17 Jun 2021
in force

Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal upheld previous decision ordering Google to pay damages for defamation in Google v Defteros

On 17 June 2021, the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling of the Supreme Court of Victoria and dismissed Google LLC’s appeal. In the decision of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Google was ordered to pay AUD 40'000 in damages to…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
30 Apr 2020
in force

Supreme Court of Victoria ordered Google to pay damages for defamation in Google v Defteros

On 30 April 2020, the Supreme Court of Victoria ordered Google to pay AUD 40'000 in damages for defamation to Mr Defteros. The plaintiff claimed damages for defamation against Google over an article displayed n the Google search results. The Supreme…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court

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