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Oct. 30, 2014 — A Hong Kong court has granted permission to Google to appeal against an earlier ruling that Hong Kong has jurisdiction to hear entertainment tycoon Albert Yeung Sau-shing’s defamation lawsuit against the US technology giant. The judge ruled that the tech giant’s libel fight with Yeung should go to a higher court to bring ‘enlightenment’ to an ‘uneasy area’ of defamation law....

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A Hong Kong court has ruled that local tycoon Albert Yeung can sue Google for defamation over the “autocomplete” function of its search engine that suggested links to organized crime. Decision could have far-reaching consequences for global tech giant. (This updates reference on page 45 of book.) Court of First Instance decision, Yeung v Google, can be found here. “Hong Kong court rules tycoon can sue Google over...

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