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What don’t you understand? Those websites that defame a company are liable for that defamation. In this case Google defamed a company in its AI summary and is
by burpingtree 3mo ago
What don’t you understand? Those websites that defame a company are liable for that defamation. In this case Google defamed a company in its AI summary and is this liable for that defamation.
- riskd 3mo agoSo if I edit a Wikipedia article to share that consuming poison is safe and someone consumes poison after reading it… is Wikipedia legally liable?
- anematode 3mo agoNo, because Wikimedia isn't responsible for the behavior of its editors.
- JumpCrisscross 3mo ago> is Wikipedia legally liable? Directly? Quite possibly. They'd then have to transfer that liability to you.
- eqvinox 3mo ago> is Wikipedia legally liable? Probably not, because it's a similar situation where Wikipedia is accumulating user provided content. And people know Wikipedia can be freely edited. You, however, might be liable. It's your content.
- incompatible 3mo agoNot for defamation, nobody was defamed in that scenario. But Wikipedia has been sued for defamation at least once: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_News_International_v._Wikimedia_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_News_International_v._Wi...
- kevinxsun 3mo agobut if Wikipedia itself writes harmful content such as encouraging people to drink bleach, then wikipedia is liable. Google now generates its own content with AI, that defame others, so Google is liable.