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Defamation via AutoComplete
Google's autocomplete feature alongside its image search results resulted in the defamation of people and businesses.
- Date it happened
- 2011-04-05
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- The Google Autocomplete feature "predicts and displays search queries based on other users' search activities and the contents of web pages indexed by Google." Google Images displays results based on
Where this came from
- bbc.com
- huffingtonpost.co.uk
- abc.net.au
- abc.net.au
- theguardian.com
- dmlp.org
- cnet.com
- barrysookman.com
- phys.org
- startribune.com
- thewest.com.au
- computerworld.com
- mondaq.com
- theconversation.com
- en.wikipedia.org
- out-law.com
- lexology.com
- techdirt.com
- disputeresolutiongermany.com
- claytonutz.com
- spiegel.de
- cbsnews.com
- scmp.com
- searchengineland.com
- zdnet.com
- searchenginepeople.com
- nickdiakopoulos.com
Attribution
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