Google claims court ruling would force it to ‘censor’ the internet

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A sign is pictured outs a Google offcie near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019.  Photo taken May 8, 2019.  REUTERS/Dave Paresh

Google has asked the High Court of Australia to overturn a 2020 ruling it warns could have a “devastating” effect on the wider internet. In a filing the search giant made on Friday, Google claims it will be forced to “act as censor” if the country’s highest court doesn’t overturn a decision that awarded a lawyer $40,000 in defamation damages for an article the company had linked to through its search engine, reports The Guardian.

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