Fraudsters are abusing Google with fake copyright complaints, and it’s getting worse

Anonymous search engine fraudsters are filing fraudulent takedown requests in an effort to game Google’s search results in their favor, according to a report from TorrentFreak.

These counterfeit DMCA takedown notices are coming from imposters posing as either legitimate copyright holders or third parties authorized to file the notices on their behalf. Judging by the fake notices, TorrentFreak believes that competitors of the targeted websites are issuing these takedowns, sometimes reporting a single copyright infringement and then requesting hundreds of links on a website be taken down based on it. Read more…

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