Google suspended an email alerting system in New Zealand after the search giant was criticized for breaching a court order by publishing suppressed details of a high-profile murder case.
Last December, Google appeared to violate the suppression order by emailing the name of the man accused of killing British backpacker, Grace Millane, to its subscribers of "what's trending in New Zealand" email. In spite of the New Zealand government's request, the company did not accede to tighten its publication standards.
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