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Section 230 of the CDA for US users: Google Defamatory Content Removal Request Form Despite this sign stating bluntly that “ Google does not remove allegedly defamatory content from our search results…”, in practice, Google has long chosen to follow court orders and removed libel and libel from search results. research (legally speaking, such content no longer “allegedly” does). For victims harmed by online misrepresentations,

Google's de facto policy of removing defamation from their results has been a boon. Google changes its policy on defamation removal requests I spoke with fax number list several online defamation lawyers across the country, and they all reported similar responses from Google recently, where the company refused to act on requests to remove URLs listed in the court orders. court. Responses to these questions included a brief statement: "For the time being, Google has decided not to act." It's not unusual for

Google to sometimes rebuff such requests in cases where a court order isn't specific enough, when legal work has been sloppy, or when URLs are incorrect. But the current deny responses don't seem to be due to these kinds of protocol errors. Some requests still appear to be under review and review, and some relating to past referrals still appear to be pending review.