
Dr Janice Duffy
Defamation by Google: A Case Blog
Background to this Blog
I was defamed on a website that used its high Google page rank as a mechanism for extortion. Serious defamatory imputations about me were published at the top of a Google search for my name. Google refused multiple removal requests so in February 2011 I filed defamation proceedings in an Australian court. In 2015 I won (self represented) and in 2017 Google lost the appeal. Google continued to publish these imputations so I sued them again. Currently this matter is in court. This blog outlines the background to and result of taking on one of the richest corporations in the world in a fight for my rights to live without what amounts to corporate bullying.
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Dealing with Cyber Abuse in Australia
Dealing with Cyber Abuse in Australia Since I won my defamation case against Google over Ripoff Report I have been the recipient of a significant amount of abuse and defamation by Ripoff Report, the website Techdirt and by others. This is one example: Although...
Ed Magedson, Ripoff Report and Darren Meade: Obstruction of Justice
Xcentric Ventures v Smith: A Failed Attempt to Prevent a Criminal Investigation In the second half of 2014 an Iowa district attorney, Ben Smith, filed criminal charges against Darren M Meade of Orange County, CA in the USA. These charges, including witness tampering...
Ed Magedson, Ripoff Report and Darren Meade Sued for $USD60 Million
Pitman v Xcentric Ventures, LLC, et al 2017 The extensive damage inflicted upon individuals, families and businesses by the Ripoff Report 'business model' of extortion over a period of almost two decades is well documented (mouse over 'view' to read the comments). One...
Abusive Comments on Techdirt
Abusive Comments on Techdirt This blog post contains SOME examples of the abusive and defamatory comments on Techdirt.com. From June 2015, when media on my forthcoming trial for defamation against Google was published, Techdirt regular commentators made it clear that...
More Abuse From Techdirt
More Abuse From Techdirt Techdirt ridicules and abuses people using the excuse of Free Speech. But it does not practice what it preaches. Techdirt regularly hides or ‘moderates’ (they are not posted) any comments critical of Masnick or Techdirt or that does not fit...
ABC Australia Removes Article Written by Sunita Bose, Policy Director of Change.org
ABC Australia Removes Article Written by Sunita Bose, Policy Director, Change.org The purpose of this post is to thank the ABC Australia for removing a distressing, defamatory and derogatory ‘article’ written on The Drum (now closed) website by a person called Sunita...