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Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 05 May 2026
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Can one put a price on a damaged reputation? $1.5m is too small.
Exactly. I can't believe he's going for such peanuts, especially after reading all the other crap that they associated him with.
Big punitive settlements aren't really a thing in Canada. He probably already has to justify to the court how Google's action led to him actually losing $1.5m. If his claim for damages was unrealistic the case would just be tossed.
(obligatory IANAL)
I anal too but please keep it on topic
:p
I hate this response.
But I laughed. 🤣
No, I like this new topic. （ ○ω⚪︎）
As much as I dislike them when all things are equal, that's not the case in this world. Canada needs to change their attitude on this a bit because absurdly large punishments are one of the only ways to deter absurdly large corporations from bad behavior. Maybe punishments need to be scaled according to relative revenue of the offender.
Dr. Evil: "one MILLION dollars"
everyone laughing
Yeah 1.5 mill ain't shit to Google.