FIFA has taken legal action against Google for what the world governing body of soccer claims is defamation. Taking the US company to court in Switzerland, the case stems from specific Google search results, per a report from Swiss broadcaster SRF. FIFA hopes a successful ruling against Google will remove the website in question from its search results.
One of the search results for FIFA leads to a website allegedly containing personal and professional attacks on FIFA and FIFA President Gianni Infantino. FIFA argues these claims are untrue and damaging. Therefore, defamation comes into play.
In response, Google has argued against this lawsuit. The American tech company has brought up several defenses against FIFA’s claims. For example, Google does not have any say regarding what the website says. Furthermore, it is not Google who is saying those allegedly damaging and untruthful details. Additionally, this search result is hard to view by Google’s standards. The company stated this defamatory website does not appear in the first 10 pages of Google when searching for “FIFA.”
According to Swiss news outlet SRF, FIFA could have taken Google to court anywhere. However, Switzerland has stricter defamation laws. Defamation does not have to come from those who say or spread hurtful misinformation. It can be anyone or anything that aids the spread. In this case, FIFA is arguing that it’s Google for listing this website in its search index.
FIFA calls criticism on Google defamation, so which website is the culprit?
We were curious about which website was causing FIFA concern. However, after 10 to 15 minutes of searching, we came up empty. Nothing harmless showed up. In fact, the website seems so obscure that we wonder why it’s causing FIFA so much consternation After all, if people can’t find the website in question, why should FIFA care so much?
Of all the organizations, particularly in soccer, FIFA has been the subject of criticism…
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Author : Kyle Fansler
Publish date : 2024-08-22 21:47:55
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