Websites that link to offensive material may no longer be able to hide behind the defence that they are not technically publishers, after an Australian man successfully sued Google for defamation.Michael Trkulja won a landmark defamation case against the technology giant over search results that linked him to underworld figure Tony Mokbel.
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Aussie’s Google defamation win could open the floodgates
Websites that link to offensive material may no longer be able to hide behind the defence that they are not technically publishers, after an Australian man successfully sued Google for defamation.