Only a few minutes after the ruling of the European Court of Justice on "the right to forgiveness", the internet gossip Google has already received requests from hundreds of users to delete specific results from machine search. This is what the Guardian claims in its article, adding that the interested parties come from all over Europe.
The European Court's verdict was announced on May 13 and obliges Google, under conditions, to comply with the objections addressed to it by users for deletion data. Thus, it should eliminate from the results of searches concerning them, those links that refer to "outdated and irrelevant" information.
According to the Guardian, those who have already hit out at the internet giant include a man convicted of possessing child pornography, asking for links to his conviction to be removed. Also, a doctor wants negative reviews of his clients deleted, while a former member of parliament asks to delete references to negative publications about his behavior during duration of his term, as he plans to run again.
The report quotes statements by a Google representative who, while refusing to disclose the number and nature of the claims the company has received, noted compliance with the decision is complicated in its implementation. "As soon as we come up with how it works in practice, for which we will need a few weeks, we will inform users," he added.
However, the court's ruling states that Google has the ability to reject user requests if the links that they request to be removed are contrary to the public's legitimate interest in gaining access to that information. With this in mind, the British newspaper notes, the internet gossip may not be able to accept the objections of the political or doomed child pornography material.
