[governance] The European Right To Be Forgotten Might Be A Pandora's Box

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

By Joséphine De Ruyck for Intellectual Property Watch

Over the last few months, search engines around the world have been keeping
an active eye on the developments of the landmark case ruled by the
European Court of Justice (ECJ) requiring Google to consider individuals'
requests to remove links that they say infringe on their privacy.

While this right to be forgotten is now recognised as a European general
principle by the ECJ, fears exist as to the larger worldwide implications,
especially for search engines as well as the public's right to access to
information.

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