In Germany, Offensive Autocomplete Is No Laughing Matter

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @09:07AM from the why-are-IT-people dept.

itwbennett writes "We've all had a chuckle over Google's autocomplete results for various search queries. But one German businessman had a less funny experience when he searched for his name on Google.de: The autocomplete suggested search terms where his name was tied with 'Scientology' and 'fraud' (in German, of course). This was back in 2010. In 2012, a German court ruled that the autocomplete terms did not infringe the plaintiff's privacy. Now, a year later, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe has overturned that ruling and ordered that Google remove offensive search suggestions when notified."

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Re:Good to know by crutchy · 2013-05-14 09:45 · Score: -1, Flamebait

sieg heil
Re:Good to know by Dishevel · 2013-05-14 10:06 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Fuck Germany.
Those gay Nazi bastards.

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Re:Good to know by sabri · 2013-05-14 10:16 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Last time I checked, possession of a single book could land you in jail, in Germany.

Freedom of speech does not exist there. And you say *I* am a complete idiot? Sie mussen Deutsch sein.

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