Read more to me like 1. the complainant told google to delete some things 2. google says no, some things include invalid request for political official 3. oh

Read more to me like 1. the complainant told google to delete some things 2. google says no, some things include invalid request for political official 3. oh, it did include an invalid request, but the other part was valid, here is a fine One thing I would like to know is who will be getting fined for submitting an invalid request? I am also curious if anyone more familiar with the case knows whether a totally-valid request was submitted in whole and was similarly rejected. I admit not being familiar with the details beyond what I read in the link. On a general note, I completely agree with your concerns about the right to be forgotten and the unbalanced incentives. I applaud Google for pushing back.