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In 2012, a Spanish man went to court to request the removal of a Google search result. The man, who was protected by the European Union's "right to be forgotten" on the internet, wanted the removal of a link that pointed to an article about an auction for his foreclosed home. His case was referred to the European Court of Justice, which resulted in a landmark ruling by the EU that means that Google now has to allow individuals to request the removal of certain links from its search results. The 2014 ruling was designed to allow people the chance to omit "inadequate, irrelevant, or no longer relevant" links about themselves from search results, but Google has complained about its adoption, arguing it infringes on freedom of expression.
Aug 20, 2015, 5:03 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
UK regulator orders Google to pull 'right to be forgotten' removal stories
Jul 30, 2015, 4:07 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Google rejects French request for broader 'right to be forgotten' rules
Jul 14, 2015, 3:07 PM UTCRussell Brandom
A new look at the people erasing themselves from Google Search
Jul 25, 2014, 2:35 PM UTCChris Welch
Google has already hidden as many as 100,000 search results in Europe
Jul 11, 2014, 6:13 AM UTCRich McCormick
Google's top lawyer says EU's 'right to be forgotten' restricts freedom of expression
David Drummond says results are removed after 'vague and subjective tests'
Jul 3, 2014, 1:31 PM UTCAdi Robertson
Google takes down links to British journalism under 'right to be forgotten' rule
Jun 24, 2014, 7:52 PM UTCColin Lecher
This site is trying to make Google forget you
Forget.me will simplify the process requiring Google to remove some search results
Jun 9, 2014, 2:14 PM UTCChris Welch
Google may indicate when search has been censored over 'right to be forgotten'
May 15, 2014, 2:07 PM UTCChris Welch
Google already receiving demands to erase search results after controversial EU ruling
May 13, 2014, 10:08 AM UTCTom Warren
Google must remove links to personal material upon request, European court rules
The right to be forgotten
Sep 5, 2013, 10:58 AM UTCAmar Toor
Google goes to court over sex party photos
Former FIA president Max Mosley urges French judges to strike notorious images from the digital record
Jun 25, 2013, 9:22 AM UTCMatt Brian
EU court says Google doesn't have to delete sensitive data from search results (update)
Mar 30, 2012, 5:41 AM UTCRyan Heise
Vint Cerf comes down hard on the EU's proposed 'right to be forgotten' policy
Vint Cerf, often considered the father of the internet, came down hard on the European Union's loosely defined "right to be forgotten" policy. Cerf says the policy would be nearly impossible to implement without severely hindering individual rights.
Mar 5, 2012, 4:45 PM UTCT.C. Sottek
Spain challenges Google with 'right to be forgotten' in EU
Spain's highest court has just asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to decide whether requests by Spanish citizens to delete data from Google's search engine are lawful.
