Esther Rantzen slams Google for refusing to take down slurs calling her a paedophile and a child killer

DAME Esther Rantzen blasted Google yesterday for refusing to take down slurs calling her a paedophile and child killer.

An anonymous website branded her a satanic child abuser who had buried dead babies in her garden, held drug-fuelled sex parties and covered up attacks on kids by celebs like Jimmy Savile.

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Google acted on her plea to cut the link only after she decided to expose their initial refusal in the national press.
Childline founder Esther said: “So much for Google’s motto ‘Don’t be evil.”

Google told her: “We remove content in response to valid legal requests.”

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TV star Esther, 76, added: “Newspapers are increasingly threatened by regulation since the Lev­eson Inquiry but the internet is free of such strictures.

“Ministers should focus on that, not the already regulated press.”