The Right to Forget 2012

Google is collecting every removal request received from government agencies and courts around the world. The increasing number of removal requests is leaving a black hole in the world wide web. On the one hand side, every accomplished removal request decreases the openness of the internet provided by the Google products. On the other hand side, there are serious reasons to remove items from the world wide web.

1 Worldwide Removal Requests

2 What are the reasons?

3 Which products are affected?

4 Does removal requests vary by country?

5 Is there consensus between the governments and Google?

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