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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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The case of a UK businessman who wants Google to stop malicious web postings about him appearing in its search results has been settled. 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 during a malicious online campaign against him. Daniel Hegglin said he had been wrongly called a murderer, a paedophile and a Ku Klux Klan sympathiser by an unknown internet troll.
He wanted Google to block the anonymous posts from its search engine results. Mr Hegglin's lawyer told a High Court judge that Google had made "significant efforts" to remove abusive material.
Google asked him to provide a list of web links to be removed. The court case was over whether Google should do more. 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.
'Enormous consequences' 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.
He 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. 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.
Analysis
BBC legal affairs correspondent, Clive Coleman
This case is not a so called right to be forgotten case - a case where Google is being asked to remove old but accurate reports of some behaviour which Daniel Hegglin finds embarrassing.
It is about arguably something much more important - the circulation and publication of highly abusive and false material accessible at the click of a mouse in the online world.
It goes to the heart of what is a very modern nightmare - the fact that anyone can post malicious material anonymously online, which can have a devastating effect on the life of the victim.
The case had been described by lawyers as a test case with potentially "enormous consequences".
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.