Google penalised for fake social profile, fined

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The Brazilian formula one racer Ruben Barrichello had alleged in his petition filed in a court that, the social networking portal Orkut, an arm of Google, has uploaded his bogus personal profile. Google was made to pay him damages worth $ 500,000.

CJ: Rajiv Azad

Tue, Nov 10, 2009 14:45:26 IST

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IN A historic judgement of its kind, a court in Brazil has ordered the world leading internet company and search engine Google, to pay $ 500,000 as damages to a Brazilian formula one player Ruben Barrichello.

The fine, according to experts, is the highest of its kind in the world and has been given in regard to internet defamation. The Brazilian formula one racer Ruben Barrichello had alleged in his petition filed in a court that, the social networking portal Orkut, an arm of Google, has uploaded his bogus personal profile. The profile had resulted in defaming his personality and name across the world. The legal case was filled in the year 2006.

The fifteenth District Court in the Brazilian city Sao Paulo, found the internet giant Google, guilty of infringement of law, as it is the owner of the web portal Orkut and manages all its operations and held it responsible for damaging the name of the petitioner Ruben Barrichello. The judgement was made public on Monday, November 9, through a government gazette.

According to a source, there are anywhere around 289 to 320 fake social profiles of Ruben Barrichello on Orkut.

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