In examining the legal reasoning behind the Hong Kong case of Yeung v Google and German case of RS v Google, and comparing the two, this chapter argues that the orthodox approach to fixing responsibility for defamation, based either on the
established English common law notion of publisher or innocent disseminator or the existing
categories of passive host, conduit and caching in the relevant European Union Directive, is far from adequate to address the challenges brought about by
search engines and their Autocomplete function.
The smartphone would fit in the mid-range
category and could launch in India later this summer as part of the Internet
search giant's efforts to
establish a retail foothold in the region and compete with industry juggernauts including Samsung and Apple.