French Court Slams Google for Defamation After Linking Convicted Rapist With Rape

The Superior Court of Paris has convict Google of defamation , after a sentence French raper encounter “ rape ” and “ rapist ” as suggested terms when look for for himself . Well , duh , good ? Except in France , you ’re still presumed ingenuous while appealing your eccentric .

The man , currently serving a three year prison house full term for “ corruption of a minor , ” is appeal the charges , making Google ’s algorithmic labeling an human activity of libel . The court has ordered Google to remove the transgress auto - suggestions , and follow through safeguards that will keep similar pairings from occurring in the futurity . Google is , naturally , fighting the charges , brushing their hand of the advise words entirely—”Google does not propose these terms . All of the queries shown in Autocomplete have been typed previously by other Google drug user , ” comment a Google voice .

Whether the cat is a rapist is up to the Gallic court of law to settle . But the case does raise an interesting hypothetical , no matter what land you ’re in . Say you were accused of rape — or any other criminal offense — and then found innocent after appealing . Surely there ’d be some residuary web history surrounding your instance . Is it Google ’s responsibility to keep your clear name from being paired with crimes you did n’t commit ? [ Telegraph ]

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