The Independent
The European Union’s controversial ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling is facing heavy criticism as the first reports of 'missing' Google search results include articles covering a celebrity, a top UK lawyer and a former Wall Street banker involved in the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
Google has said that three articles published by The Independent have been removed from “certain searches on European versions of Google”. The articles are still accessible from searches performed on Google.com.
One is a news story from 1999 describing the election of a ‘foul-mouthed’ new head of the Law Society, Robert Sayer, who described an individual backing his rival as "a piece of dog turd on your shoe". The other two stories covered the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and new trends in sofa design from 1998.
Google – who fought the EU ruling – offers no explanation as to who requests the takedowns or for what reason they are granted. Although the number of requests has not been disclosed, the US firm reported receiving more than 41,000 in the four days following the ruling.
Google has since set up a web form to speed up the process. According to the wording of the legislation, complainants must believe that the information linked to by Google is “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant”.
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Update: see also: Google reinstates 'forgotten' links after pressure
The European Union’s controversial ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling is facing heavy criticism as the first reports of 'missing' Google search results include articles covering a celebrity, a top UK lawyer and a former Wall Street banker involved in the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
Google has said that three articles published by The Independent have been removed from “certain searches on European versions of Google”. The articles are still accessible from searches performed on Google.com.
One is a news story from 1999 describing the election of a ‘foul-mouthed’ new head of the Law Society, Robert Sayer, who described an individual backing his rival as "a piece of dog turd on your shoe". The other two stories covered the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and new trends in sofa design from 1998.
Google – who fought the EU ruling – offers no explanation as to who requests the takedowns or for what reason they are granted. Although the number of requests has not been disclosed, the US firm reported receiving more than 41,000 in the four days following the ruling.
Google has since set up a web form to speed up the process. According to the wording of the legislation, complainants must believe that the information linked to by Google is “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant”.
Read more
Update: see also: Google reinstates 'forgotten' links after pressure
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