Emerging Patterns in Internet Freedom of Expression: Comparative Research Findings in Argentina and Abroad

Abstract

In this article the authors present an analysis on the cases presented against Argentine courts suing two internet search engines, Google and Yahoo, for violating the privacy and honor of public figures. The article presents the court ruling and the arguments used by the judges to address the peculiarity of the cases regarding the internet search engines, and the authors analyze in the comparative law similar cases in Britain where the courts have found that liability can not be assigned to them. Finally, authors question the convenience of the jurisprudence given the technology used by the engines and the competing trends abroad.