Google Fined for Defamatory Message on Networking Site

Google has been fined $US8500 (AU$9100) in Brazil after an anonymous internet user posted defamatory messages on one of its sites against a priest, calling him a paedophile, media reported on Sunday. A court in the state of Minas Gerais ruled in favour of the 54-year-old priest, identified by his initials JR, after rejecting Google’s argument that the US web giant was not responsible for what users posted on its Orkut social networking site