Google accused of ‘flipping the bird’ at New Zealand laws after Grace Millane murder

Justice minister Andrew Little says tech giant’s contempt for murdered backpacker’s family is unacceptable

Tech giant Google is “flipping the bird” at New Zealand laws by refusing to change any company policy after it broke suppression orders related to the murder case of British backpacker Grace Millane.

Last December, a 27-year-old Auckland man appeared in the city’s high court charged with murdering Millane. His name was suppressed but it appeared in Google’s “what’s trending in New Zealand” email that went out to thousands of subscribers.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/328pfFK