An Australian court has ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber's 'relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory' videos drove him out of politics
An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 , saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber's"relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory" videos drove him out of politics.
The Federal Court found the Alphabet Inc company intentionally made money by hosting two videos on its YouTube website attacking the then-deputy premier of New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, that have been viewed nearly 800,000 times since being posted in 2020.
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