o'kroley v. fastcase, inc., (m.d. tenn. may 27, 2014), "aff'd", no. 15-6336 (6th cir. july 22, 2016), is a u.s. court case concerning defamation in online search results. the plaintiff, colin o'kroley, alleged that google's automated snippet algorithm created a defamatory search result by falsely implying that the plaintiff had been accused of indecency with a child. the district court granted google's motion to dismiss the case, and found that google had immunity from the defamation charges under section 230 of the communications decency act, which protects interactive computer services from being held liable as a speaker or publisher for information provided by a third-party information content provider. on appeal, the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit affirmed the district court's decision.