'Bankrupt' Australian Surgeon Sues Google For Auto-Complete

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 22, 2013 @05:13PM from the why-is-google-so dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Australian surgeon Guy Hingston is suing Google in the U.S. for 'auto-complete' defamation. Typing in his name brings up 'Guy Hingston bankrupt' in the auto-complete. The association seems to have come about because Hingston purchased an aviation group CoastJet which went bankrupt two-and-a-half years later. Hingston himself was also bankrupted. Hingston claims this association has cost him customers and is suing Google for $75k, plus court costs. Google has often found itself the target of litigation over auto-complete searches. Are auto-complete results even useful? Should Google be policing the auto-complete suggestions?"

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Auto complete advantage by andrewblaine · 2013-01-22 20:57 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Auto-complete is one of Google feature and its help its user by giving the ideas.Well everything has advantage and disadvantage.For Google $75k is not a big amount.. http://tiny.cc/615arw