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Google case over online abuse settled in High Court | Google case over online abuse settled in High Court |
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A UK businessman who took Google to court over malicious web postings about him appearing in its search results has reached a settlement with the firm. | |
Daniel Hegglin said he had been wrongly called a murderer, a paedophile and a Ku Klux Klan sympathiser by an unknown internet troll. | |
Mr Hegglin's lawyer told a High Court judge that Google had made "significant efforts" to remove abusive material. | |
The details of the settlement, reached on Sunday, have not been disclosed. | |
Mr Hegglin, who currently lives in Hong Kong but previously lived and worked in London, first became aware of the online abuse in 2011. | Mr Hegglin, who currently lives in Hong Kong but previously lived and worked in London, first became aware of the online abuse in 2011. |
He had wanted Google to block the anonymous posts from its search engine results. Google had asked him to provide a list of web links to be removed. | |
The businessman claimed there were more than 3,600 websites containing abusive and untrue material about him, and said listing all the posts for Google to remove would be expensive, time consuming, and ineffective. | |
He said that although Google was not the originator of the abusive campaign, its search engines have allowed the abuse to become more widespread. | He said that although Google was not the originator of the abusive campaign, its search engines have allowed the abuse to become more widespread. |
He was seeking a legal order to force Google to take steps to prevent the abusive posts being processed in searches in England and Wales. | He was seeking a legal order to force Google to take steps to prevent the abusive posts being processed in searches in England and Wales. |
It took place against the backdrop of the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision on the controversial "right to be forgotten" rule - but is unconnected to that ruling. | It took place against the backdrop of the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision on the controversial "right to be forgotten" rule - but is unconnected to that ruling. |
The right to be forgotten ruling - made in May - allows outdated online links to be erased from search results as the request of the article's subject. | The right to be forgotten ruling - made in May - allows outdated online links to be erased from search results as the request of the article's subject. |