She alleges that Google displayed her position as “thief in chief of Argentina” on 17 May 2020 instead of vice-president of Argentina, the position she has held since late last year.

Writing on Twitter, Mrs Kirchner said she had sought “technological expertise against Google that will form evidence for a lawsuit”.

She added: “When lies and defamations are fired from massive platforms, there’s no limit to their circulation, they cannot be contained and the damage they do to the defamed is incalculable.”