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Google turned me into a serial killer

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Re: Google turned me into a serial killer

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not like most media outlets would show the nicest possible picture of someone accused of multiple rapes and murders.

Right, unless maybe they were working some kind of "He was so charming, all his victims went willingly blablabla" type narrative.

Exactly. Seen it many times

Re: Google turned me into a serial killer

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post #308

This seems a hardcore case of moral damage worth at least some hundreds thousands dollars in a settlement or even suing some millions dollars out of them, doesn't it? Perhaps you should at least ask a lawyer before just humbly reporting the bug to them and forgetting.

What damages were there though? You can't sue (in the US) based on the possibility something might have happened.

Well, whoever googled him would conclude they should really avoid him. He could have missed a lot of great job, business and personal relations opportunities during the period Google was saying he was a serial killer.

Re: Google turned me into a serial killer

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Suggestion: Create a new Wikipedia article with the same Name, upload your own profile photo onto it and put a Disambiguation (Programmer/Hacker) in it so that Google will associate it correctly. Alternatively, add a drawing of the rapist to the original Wikipedia article. Interestingly, for me, another Hristo (german principal investigator) appears on the right side when I google the name.

You'd be surprised to learn how hard it is to add anything to Wikipedia and have it stay accepted.

Yes, I have seen the deletion fetish on Wikipedia first-hand many times. It made me stop contributing to it.
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