Search giant Google has recently announced that it plans to hide all content that has been removed using the “right to be forgotten” ruling.
The announcement means that flagged content will be wiped in a larger number of EU countries as the ruling comes in to effect across more versions of the iconic search engine.
Previously, EU citizens were able to submit a request to the search company to remove certain information from appearing in search results and Google would decide whether to remove it from all versions of the search engine within the European Union. However, this meant that the content could still be seen if an international version of the search engine was used, for example Google.com.
Following a long legal battle, Google has confirmed that it will remove all successful content challenges from every version of its search engine on which they are being displayed, provided they are being viewed in the country where the removal request was approved.
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