Security News > 2020 > February > Google forced to reveal anonymous reviewer’s details

Last week, a court forced Google to reveal the details of an anonymous poster who published a bad review of his business.

According to the court judgement, the anonymous poster used the pseudonym CBsm 23 to publish a review on Google about a procedure they had undergone at Kabbabe's clinic.

Kabbabe contacted Google in November 2019, according to the court order, asking it to take down the review, but Google refused.

This was enough for Justice Murphy, presiding over the case, who has ordered that Google hand over the anonymous poster's details.

Second, Kabbabe's lawyer, Mark Stanarevic of Matrix Legal, has launched a class action lawsuit against Google, aimed at helping companies suffering from anonymous bad reviews.

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