Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results

Re:Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results by AuthorizedCust on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @08:50AM (#26888948)

> where thief cannot report burglary

Written from the perspective that the most straightforward explanation is true:

Bad analogy. Nobody entered anyone else's business.

The defendant prefers that its users get good quality information, and the plaintiff's reputation for low quality information runs afoul of that practice.

Also, why would a thief report his own crime?

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Re:Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results by bluefirebrand on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @10:11AM (#26889927)

I don't think it's meant as an analogy, it's an idiom.

> Also, why would a thief report his own crime?

The thief isn't reporting their own crime, they are reporting that they have been robbed by someone else.

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Re:Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results by deelowe on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @10:35AM (#26890186)

It's an idiom. It basically means that someone who committed a lesser, but similar crime wouldn't be able to report a crime themselves.

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Re:Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results by blackshaw on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @11:05AM (#26890608)

> The defendant prefers that its users get information that a) maximises the defendant's ad revenue and b) advances the defendant's preferred narratives.

FTFY

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