There a few weeks ago, Google submitted to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union and put in place a form for users to request the removal of some of the research judged "inadequate, or no longer relevant or excessive regard to the purposes of treatment. "After a month, it is clear that the form accessible to Europeans was a resounding success since Google stated Thursday that received no less than 70 000 applications from 30 May 2014.
Quickly dereference many articles had caused considerable outcry from some media who felt so unjustly censured. British media such as the BBC and the Guardian have since accused the Internet giant to hinder the freedom of the press, and the Daily Mail had meanwhile compared this new measure is to "go in a library to burn books ", just that. However, if there is censorship, it is not so terrible and unfair.
A Streisand effect intended by Google?
In fact, when demand right to be forgotten is accepted by Google, it does not remove the items listed when the name of the person is entered in terms of research, and that only the European versions search engine. In fact, the censorship by Google is very limited and can always find certain items that were thought lost. For example, if you want to find articles about Dougie McDonald blocked, the Scottish referee who admitted to lying to justify a penalty in 2010, simply just search "Scottish referee who lied" and you will access now free to articles found just searching "Dougie McDonald."
