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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

Friendlyjordies: John Barilaro to be paid $715,000 by Google over YouTube videos

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro
Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has been awarded damages in his defamation lawsuit against Google. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Google has been ordered to pay former New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro more than $700,000 over a series of “racist” and “abusive” videos published on YouTube channel Friendlyjordies.

On Monday, federal court justice Stephen Rares ruled that Barilaro had been left “traumatised” by a campaign of “relentless cyberbullying” by comedian Jordan Shanks, who uses the nom de plume Friendlyjordies

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