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pjc50 · 2015-03-17 11:39:43

sue Google

Sure, if you've got a few hundred thousand dollars, five years, and are OK with being blacklisted from Google during that time.

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User23 | karma 6892 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2019-03-26 07:53:37

You can sue Google whenever you like. If you can afford it.

atmosx | karma 6099 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2018-11-26 20:38:46+00:00

Maybe you can sue Google for negligence.

chillydawg | karma 2020 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2017-03-25 16:51:07+00:00

Even if they sued and won, google could pay any damages out of petty cash. You'd have to be extremely sure of yourself to try and sue google.

abetancort | karma 3 | avg karma 0.25 · | 2022-08-22 16:40:49

Sue Google.

kccqzy | karma 13168 | avg karma 3.58 · | 2023-10-14 20:06:33

Okay great idea! Why don't you start by suing Google? I'd love to follow your court case and see what comes of it.

nextparadigms | karma 17011 | avg karma 5.25 · | 2012-01-12 04:10:39+00:00

I was wondering about this, too, if some people won't just sue Google.

judge2020 | karma 18790 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2021-01-16 18:13:49+00:00

If the business wants to argue that, they can sue Google for defamation/libel.

cyanexttuesday | karma 36 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2017-08-15 16:09:56

Google will be sued for it. It will be too enticing for lawyers to pass up.

It'll be open season on Google now, and they deserve it if the blacklists and age blacklist is true.

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matheusmoreira | karma 22085 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2022-03-04 23:35:47

Legal action sounds like a massive waste of time and money. Google can afford that slow burn, normal people and smaller businesses cannot.

somehnguy | karma 1876 | avg karma 3.17 · | 2020-02-17 17:27:05+00:00

I suppose logically, yeah. I have no idea how to do that though. I don't imagine writing 'Google' on the defendant line is going to work. And if it does they'll likely ban me from all Google services for life. Not really a path I want to go down.

tomp | karma 21535 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2020-01-25 02:46:18

If you sue them they’ll just remove you from the index. It’s a “heads I win, tails you lose” situation for Google.

fortran77 | karma 37359 | avg karma 3.81 · | 2022-10-08 09:59:29

Google should sue for defamation.

spoonjim | karma 4772 | avg karma 2.01 · | 2021-06-24 22:31:05+00:00

If you find the right lawyer you will get at least $1 million out of this. Even if you don't feel like doing this, PLEASE do it for the greater good. Google will only start caring about these things if it costs them money. Money is the only language a corporation is fundamentally equipped to understand.

kyledrake | karma 8103 | avg karma 9.76 · | 2021-01-16 22:32:09+00:00

I mean we could certainly use the money obviously, but it's not really my goal to sue Google (I probably can't afford it anyways). I just want them to improve. I see them as a partner and only ask that they see us as the same. They certainly have the resources for it.

Hamuko | karma 9515 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2021-02-08 11:54:47+00:00

>You could of course sue Google

Unless you've waived that right when you agreed to the Terms of Service.

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aliceryhl | karma 684 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2022-04-18 12:32:08

Have anyone actually tried to file a lawsuit to get Google's attention in a case like this?

fulldecent2 | karma 186 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2019-12-30 15:39:57+00:00

The solution is you open a lawsuit against Google for defamation.

Then you use Hacker News and other resources to develop your arguments and collect money from people that care to help.

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2OEH8eoCRo0 | karma 10664 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2022-03-27 16:21:35

I think if users could sue for this sort of thing Google would start doing that because it would be cheaper than fending off lawsuits.

Euphorbium | karma 470 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2023-10-23 07:12:39

You probably need to go into 12 year legal battle against google to get some human response from them.