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 Chilling Effects Clearinghouse > International > Notices > UK individual complains of defamation in Google Groups posts (NoticeID 2128, http://chillingeffects.org/N/2128) Location: https://www.chillingeffects.org/international/notice.cgi?NoticeID=2128;nocache=1

UK individual complains of defamation in Google Groups posts

July 13, 2005

 

Sender Information:
[Individual]
Sent by: [Private]
[Private]
UK

Recipient Information:
[Private]
Google, Inc.
Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA

Sent via: fax
Re:

I live in the UK. The web pages below break English Law, please remove them.
As the events are untrue, but the people described are real this violates case law described in, for example: Godfrey v. Demon Internet Ltd. (26 March 26, 1999)

And as covered by the Defamation Act 1996: http://www.opsi.qov.uk/acts/acts1996/1996031.htm
Each of the search result URLs identified below are libelling the people described in the text, particularly the woman identified as [private], as her surname is given and address she can easily be identified
I have a good faith belief that the information specified above is not permitted by applicable law.

I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate.
[redacted]

 

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