Baidu Inc., owner of China’s most popular search engine, won dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit by Chinese-Americans alleging the company censored articles on the pro-democracy movement in China.
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan yesterday granted Baidu’s request to dismiss the case because the Beijing- based company hadn’t been properly served with the plaintiff’s claims under the applicable international convention.
Eight New York City residents sued Baidu and the People’s Republic of China in 2011, alleging the company, “in conjunction with and as an agent and enforcer of the People’s Republic of China, purposely designed its search engine algorithm to exclude” pro-democracy topics. They said Baidu and China violated free-speech provisions of U.S. and New York state law.
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Edvard Pettersson, Bloomberg News via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/zG-f7u-c3Ew/
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