Google is at it again. According to press reports in the New Zealand Herald, Google refused to comply with a New Zealand court order to suppress details and remove content related to a local murder trial because, according to a representative of Google NZ, “Google LLC, was a separate legal entity incorporated in the US, meaning New Zealand’s courts and laws held no power over it.” Tell that to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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© © Hugh Stephens, 2018, reposted with kind permission of Hugh Stephens. Original posting on June 3 2018 at: https://hughstephensblog.net/2018/06/03/google-thumbs-its-nose-at-new-zealands-courts-kiwis-should-look-to-canada-for-a-precedent/