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Google gagged: Injunction over antisemitic sites

May 18, 2011 11:00
Jew Watch remains third on Google's search results for the word Jew

By

Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

The umbrella group for Argentinean Jewry, the DAIA, has won an injunction against internet giant Google demanding that it stop recommending antisemitic websites to browsers.

Google operates a "suggested search" function, drawing users' attention to popular or relevant sites.

But its suggestions included sites which were illegal under Argentinean law because they incited violence, involved Holocaust denial or espoused racist views.

According to the legal challenged by the DAIA, there were 76 sites in total which "openly promoted discrimination".

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