Google May Become One Big Useless Coverup: European Union Ruling Forces Google To Delete Links Some People Don't LIke

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EU ruling requiring Google to delete search results that infringe upon a person's privacy has already triggered several takedown requests, BBC reports.

By Lance Whitney
A doctor, a policitian, and a pedophile all want links to online information about them to disappear following a ruling that Google has to delete certain search results upon request, according to BBC News.

On Tuesday, the European Union Court of Justice ruled that Google and other online companies must comply with requests from an individual to remove search results if those results contain information that might infringe on the person's privacy. Google naturally criticized the ruling, calling it "disappointing" and telling CNET that it now needs "to take time to analyze the implications."

Well, those implications have already started to pour in, at least in the form of takedown requests found by BBC News.

In one request, a doctor wants negative reviews from patients to vanish from search results. In another request, an ex-politician looking to be reelected wants Google to exorcise links to an article about his behavior while in office. And in a third, a man convicted of possessing child pornography would like links to pages about his conviction to disappear.

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