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  1. Google Reports Surge in Government Takedown Requests

    In this particular time period, we received court orders in several countries to remove blog posts criticising government officials or their associates. Brazil and the U.S.led the world for total requests for takedowns through a court order.

  2. Google Not Responsible for Content of Paid Search Ads, Australian Court Rules

    Australia’s High Court ruled that Google didn’t engage in misleading or deceptive conduct because Google didn’t create the ads. The Australian High Court’s ruling overturns a Federal Court ruling from last April, which found Google guilty of...

  3. Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Seeks $15 Billion

    The lawsuit, filed in the Northern California District Court, alleged that the company knowingly infringed on user privacy when it used browser cookies to track activity. Facebook said the claims were without merit and the social network would be...

  4. Google Reveals Argentina, South Korea Investigations

    Google was forced by an Argentinian court last year to censor anti-Semitic search results and suggestions. In the U.S.the Federal Trade Commission has brought on an outside high-profile legal counsel to run its antitrust investigation that aims to...

  5. YouTube-Viacom Copyright Lawsuit Resurrected by Appeals Court Ruling

    Court of Appeals has resurrected Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against video-sharing service YouTube. We conclude that the District Court correctly held that the safe harbor requires knowledge or awareness of specific infringing...

  6. March (Link) Madness: Breaking Free of Link-sanity

    And even if your next effort isn’t a decisive victory, if you play as a team, use your strengths and take your shots where you can, you can walk off the court with your head held high. I, like most people, have a final showdown between Kentucky and...

  7. It's Official: Yahoo Sues Facebook Over 10 Patents

    The suit, filed in a San Jose, Calif.court, accuses Facebook of infringing on Yahoo patents regarding the function of social networking sites. The company is set to put itself on the stock market in a deal which could push its value as high as $100...

  8. Google Won't Erase Links to Max Mosley Hooker Orgy Stories, So He Sues

    His previous judgment against News of the World in London’s High Court awarded him £60,000. We've been saying to Google, you shouldn't do this, this material is illegal, these pictures have been ruled illegal in the English High Court.

  9. Irish Hotel Drops Autocomplete Defamation Case Against Google

    The Irish High Court was to determine if the case was worthy of being pursued in commercial court on November 21. The Irish court has since been evaluating the merits of the case. It may be that Google conducted an out-of-court settlement, but...

  10. Google’s 13th Birthday: 12 Top Stories From the Past 12 Months

    A court date is set for October 31. What Google has called their “high-quality” sites algorithm, the Panda update rolled out in February, targeting low quality sites with little original content. The search engine that became synonymous with search...

  11. Real Names: Google+, Government & The Identity Ecosystem

    Supreme Court ruling, McIntyre v. If so, is that price too high? Why do these two need facial recognition software and real names for social media and search engine results? Why is a company like Google taking such a hard line on something as...