- Completely liable? A Hong Kong court has found that Google may be liable for defamation based on the words that it used to “auto-complete” a person’s name in a search. In this case, the words that were added implied that the subject of the search was a member of an organized crime group. But Google’s suggestion of these words resulted from its automatic search algorithm; is this enough for liability?
- A guest house in New York’s Hudson River Valley attempted to fine a wedding party that stayed at the guest house $500 for each negative online review of the place. The guest house has since revised its terms to remove the penalty provision and has claimed that it was only joking, but would such a provision have been enforceable in any event?
- If one reads the language in Twitter’s Android settings menu quite literally, it appears that Twitter is about to make a long-expected move into e-commerce and shopping services. Stay tuned.
