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Court backs online ‘right to be forgotten’

The European Court of Justice has ruled that individuals can request internet search engines such as Google to remove links to old information. The case was brought by a Spanish man who complained that a search of his name in Google brought up newspaper articles from 16 years ago that he would rather forget. Discussing this, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the University of Oxford; his books include Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age.

(Photo: A sign outside Google's headquarters in California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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