Search engines like Google have to remove entries from the result lists if they are proven to be incorrect. Those affected do not first have to contact the person who put the information online, but can hold Google accountable. This was decided by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg (Case C-460/20). The background to this is a case before the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, in which a couple from the financial services industry sees themselves discredited by a US website. The company behind this site is in turn accused of launching targeted negative reports in order to later blackmail those affected. Google had refused to remove the links to the articles. One cannot judge whether there is any truth to the allegations. The ECJ did not follow this.
Google – Links to Misinformation – Economy
