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The protections in the RTBF ruling for public interest are weak, though, because they require search engines to make the determination themselves, and to defend
by thrownaway2424 11y ago
The protections in the RTBF ruling for public interest are weak, though, because they require search engines to make the determination themselves, and to defend that determination in each individual case before a court. Obviously it will be much easier for the search engines to just throw away the public interest, because there is no penalty for complying with all RTBF requests.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoCould not a website also ask a search engine to defend it's determination to remove a website improperly? Sites like The Guardian should presumably also be able to appeal if their public interest posts are censored. In a proper appeal process (I cannot say if this is currently in RTBF, I don't know), infringed parties exist which could complain for either way a decision goes, so it's in the best interest of the determining party (in this case Google or Bing) to make the decision most likely to be upheld by an appeals court (or data protection agency, as I think it is in this case).