Google asked: Forget me

After a European court ruled that a citizen could ask Google to remove “irrelevant and outdated” search results, Google has received takedown requests from various people, the BBC reported on May 15. Those requests include a former politician who is running for re-election and who has asked Google to remove links to stories about his past behavior, as well as a doctor who wants Google to delete negative reviews from patients, according to the BBC. The European Court of Justice’s so-called right-to-be-forgotten ruling has been described by Google as “disappointing,” and the technology giant has so far not released any information on the number of requests it has received since then.

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