Google not liable for defamation in search results, rules high court | Media | guardian.co.uk . Wow. just ran across this. This is great news! Viva la Google! A judge actually recognizing and UNDERSTANDING how Google / the Internet really works… This is really just a good common sense opinion to go after the person who slandered you and stop wasting Google’s time. I know when we do a Digital Scarlet Letter Campaign for someone, we go directly to the source of the published material and look for unique ways to make it disappear.