Censorship row over Google cuts

Google’s removal of some search results in Europe is drawing accusations of press censorship.

Thu, 03 Jul, 2014 - 17:03

Google’s removal of some search results in Europe is drawing accusations of press censorship.

The US firm has to comply with a strict privacy ruling made in May by the European Union’s top court that enables citizens to ask for the removal of embarrassing personal information that pops up on a search of their names.

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