Google sues Germany over hate-speech law, Ofcom hires disinformation auditor to tackle social media

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New provision in Germany's law violates the right to privacy of its users, Google says

Google said on Tuesday that it was taking legal action over Germany's expanded hate-speech legislation which took effect in April this year. In a blog post, the search giant said that a new prov...

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