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I like the principle, but I disagree with the implementation. It shouldn't be Google or Bing removing search results, it should be the EU itself in cooperation
by Svip 12y ago
I like the principle, but I disagree with the implementation. It shouldn't be Google or Bing removing search results, it should be the EU itself in cooperation with Google and Bing. Effectively, the EU decides whether or not a search result merits removal. Google has complained they lack the contextual facts (as pointed out in the article) to make an appropriate judgement.
I also find it odd that this is a case where governments are delegating what is effectively a judicial action to private companies. Because otherwise we are going to have complaints like Lazic's, which are going to the wrong people entirely. (I am also in full disagreement with Lazic, that everyone should be able to alter their search results.)
As an aside, as far as I understand the ruling, it is only for search results on the person's name as a query, not for unrelated searches that might turn up the same results.