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Sometimes. [0] There are ways that statements can be made 100% textually correct, but semantically misleading. Other companies have done this before to mislead people, with varying degrees of legal success.[1] What a court would be interested is not whether Google is technically correct, but whether they misled people. They are in a unique position in this case to monetarily profit from misleading people, which may be something that would look bad in court.

0: For example: ask anyone who works at a helpdesk what it means when someone says "my Google doesn't work"

1: For example: Regulatory action against AT&T for "unlimited data" claims




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