Germany's Former First Lady Sues Google 164
quax writes "Bettina Wulff faces an uphill battle for her reputation. Her husband had to resign as Germany's president due to corruption allegations and has many detractors. Apparently some of them started a character assassination campaign against his wife. At least that is, if you trust serious journalists who looked into the matter and stated that it is made up. Unfortunately though for Bettina Wulff, the rumors took off on the Internet. Now whenever you enter her name Google suggest the additional search terms 'prostitute' and 'escort.' Google refuses to alter its search index."
European law takes these things seriously (Score:3, Funny)
Re:European law takes these things seriously (Score:4, Funny)
Re:European law takes these things seriously (Score:5, Funny)
Google should rethink their position. They should know that when and/or if they break European libel laws, then they absolutely
...will forget to finish their sentence.
Re:European law takes these things seriously (Score:5, Funny)
Google missed an opportunity (Score:3, Funny)
instead of just suggesting search terms like prostitute and escort, why not also mention the fees ?
Re:European law takes these things seriously (Score:5, Funny)
If it's libel to say that "when searching for X, people have commonly searched for X+Y" where Y is unkind towards X, then you may want to rethink your notion of libel. If Europeans don't like free speech, then they absolutely
It's even worse... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Germany's 'what'? (Score:5, Funny)
I think they meant "first lady" as "the escort he chooses by default".
Re:European law takes these things seriously (Score:2, Funny)
accidentally
Re:Reverse Streisand effect (Score:3, Funny)
I consider prostitutes to be more honest than politicians, at least you get what want, then you pay with prostitutes. Politicians hike taxes and then don't deliver on their promises.
I think Bettina Wulff is taking a step down the ladder with her attitude, especially in the name of politics.