"Google argues that there is no damage , but the fact is foreign, they do not correspond liability. We argue that it is not, both Google
and Yahoo! content capture and develop indices according to established criteria , responding to avail of companies, "explained Rodriguez 's lawyer , Raul Castex, Argentina to the highest court.
"We aim to conduct the search engines, which falsely linked to Maria Belen Rodriguez with porn sites " continued Castex , who asked regulate sexual content websites .
Asked by magistrates on why searchers reported and not the owners of pornographic websites , counsel argued that these are difficult to identify and are considered to Google and Yahoo! who generate the link to those pages.
Technology companies responded that the search results are generated automatically by robots and only block algorithms and links to detect illegality .
On behalf of Google , Mariano Florencio Grondona admitted that the search engine has a filter for children , but noted that even in this "Too many errors " .
The search engine receives millions of claims each month, but only blocks results or to detect a " court order " " manifest illegality " said Grondona , who noted that Rodriguez should be reported to the owners of porn sites .
On the first day of the public hearing held on Thursday , presented before the Supreme Court " Friends of the Court " .
In the case the liability applicable to Internet search engines , whose activity allows linking or link to sites or web pages where content can affect the dignity , honor, privacy and image of persons provided is analyzed , "the Judicial Information Center .
The conflict arises between the constitutional provisions protecting freedom of expression, right to information and the exercise of a lawful industry , with the same hierarchy rules that protect the rights of individuals.
Rodriguez won the case at first instance, in a ruling that sentenced seekers to pay her 120,000 pesos ( $ 14,870 ) and remove from their search results that linked sites with pornography or sexual offer.
The Civil Court reduced the award to less than half and reversed the action of removing the sites from their searches .
After hearing the parties at the public hearing , the high court will issue in the coming weeks its decision , which shall set a final judgment in the matter.
