Google reported that it has removed over 100,000 links
since the ECJ (European Court of Justice) "right to be forgotten"
ruling came into effect in May.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the figure that
comes a day after Google, along with Yahoo and Microsoft, met with European
data regulators in order to discuss the search engines' handling of the ruling.
Consequently, Google removed such number of requests that went beyond the
100,000 mark.
Moreover, during meeting in Brussels, Google informed
that it has rejected more than 30% of the received requests. Requests so far
have reportedly come from 91,000 individuals and cover over 328,000 URLs. Of
these requests, 16,500 came from Germany, 12,000 from the UK, 17,500 from
France, 8,000 from Spain, 5,000 from the Netherlands and 7,500 from Italy.
It was reported that Google has removed mover 50% of
links, so it will likely ease regulators' concerns, it probably will go down
well with free-speech advocates.
Bob Satchwell, executive director of the UK Society of
Editors was not pleased. He told the WSJ that if they let this go without
protest, then it will creep. "This passion for privacy will creep into law
across Europe and erode the freedom of speech", he said.
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