Zhang v. Baidu.com, Inc.
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 39.778231903243785
Longitude: -100.8801256788983
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- United States
- Decision Date
- Mar 27, 2014
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Judgment in Favor of Defendant/ Acquittal
- Keywords
- Filtering and Blocking
- Freedom of Expression
- Political Expression
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Case Number
- 932 F.Supp.2d 561
- Case Summary
New York residents sued one of China’s largest companies, Baidu.com, Inc., for blocking articles and other information regarding the democracy movement in China from its search results in the United States. Baidu is the largest internet search engine in China. The judge concluded that the Baidu algorithm, which removes certain search results, was in essence an editorial judgment about which political ideas to promote. The judge ruled that Baidu had a First Amendment right to skew search results for political reasons.
- Case Significance
The decision does not establish a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
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