Google convicted of defaming French computer user...

Google has been convicted of defaming a French computer user after the Internet technology giant linked his name to the word “rapist” in automatic web searches.

The convicted sex offender, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found to have been defamed by the search engine’s “suggest” function.

Court documents said the function, which suggests options and phrases as a user types, linked the man’s identity to words including "rapist", "satanist", "rape," and "prison". More...

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