German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews

Re:German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in... by brainwad on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @02:14PM (#48480393)

> No "Suchmaschine" + no „Suchbefehl“ -> no "Tatbestand"

I think you have misapprehended the ruling. Of course running an LLM that spits out libel is also a crime outside of search engines. It's just that _this_ crime has those elements. If Meta's LLM defamed a business, then the ruling would instead talk about Whatsapp users and chats, or whatever.

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Re:German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in... by Hfuffzehn on Friday June 12, 2026 @02:31AM (#48500618)

I think you are misapprehending the ruling.

I someone would put the libellous statement into Google Translate in English and the LLM spits out the German translation would that be a crime from Google?

My point is exactly that the court has not decided more than it has decided: If it is a search in a search engine it is a crime.

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