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Max Mosley agrees settlement with Google in row over sex orgy images

Ex-Formula 1 boss Max Mosley reaches confidential deal with Google over images of him at a sex party fuelling concerns of a secret censorship of the web

Max Mosley  brought a High Court claim against Google
Max Mosley spoke openly about his sexual preferences Photo: Sean Dempsey/PA

Ex-Formula 1 boss Max Mosley has reached a confidential deal with Google over images of him at a sex party fuelling concerns of a secret censorship of the web.

Mr Mosley agreed an out-of-court settlement with the internet giant in a long running legal battle over the removal of online images of him with prostitutes at an orgy.

But the details of the agreement are a closely guarded secret and it is not known what action, if any, Google has offered.

Privacy campaigners said the move raised concerns that the world’s largest search engine could be taking decisions on editing the web without the public knowing.

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Mr Mosley won damages in the High Court from the now defunct News of the World in 2008 after it published a story and images of the sex party which it alleged had a Nazi-theme.

The son of 1930s fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, Mr Mosley won £60,000 damages from the newspaper after an earlier High Court action.

But he later launched legal action against Google in a bid to have the images stripped from the internet.

Dominic Crossley, his UK lawyer, said: “The dispute has been settled on confidential terms. I can say nothing more than: the dispute has been resolved amicably and to the parties’ mutual satisfaction.”

Google refused to comment and referred only to Mr Crossley’s statement.

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