In his ruling, Judge of the High Court in London called the Google platform provider that is not the publisher of communications and, therefore, can not be responsible before the law for abusive or libelous comments.
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The court's decision very disappointing member of the Conservative Party units of Tamisa, who sued the. Google. eight comments, which were a response to his blog on the platform. Google Blogger. com. In which he was named drag- dealer and a thief. According to the words of the judge, not surprisingly, Tamis filed a lawsuit against it in the. Google. Because the comments were anonymous, and very difficult to track down the people responsible for them.
Catherine Evans, who represented. Google. the court stated: ...
In its decision, the judge said: ... Google can not be treated as the publisher or even a person who has allowed the publication in accordance with established principles of common law.
According to the evidence, the company's role as a platform provider is a purely passive. I hate the decision that. Google Inc. is not responsible before the law, since it is not the publisher ...
Shang Neary, a partner at law firm Taylor Wessing, said that the words of the judges are making changes to existing legislation. Currently, companies such as Google do not take responsibility before law for the comments made by its users is up to the moment when they would not be a complaint, then, in respect of these comments, the status of service providers and companies changing providers is considered publishers.
That is why, after complaints the company to immediately remove the posts and comments that would not go to court because they. This has a negative effect on free speech.
Source:. toWave. ru.
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