Google must pay indemnity costs for ‘untenable defences’ in Barilaro defamation case

Ashurst 2022-06-27 4:25 pm By Sam Matthews | Melbourne

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A judge has ordered that Google pay indemnity costs to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro, in addition to $7150,000 in damages over a “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” by YouTube commentator Jordan Shanks that the tech giant “did nothing” to stop.

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