French Court Orders Google To Remove Links From Search Engines Worldwide To Defamatory Material

From the New York Times: A French judge has ruled that Google must remove links to defamatory material in search engines across all its domains, after a plaintiff sued, arguing that the harm extends worldwide, not just in the EU. The ruling extends a debate that arises out of the Google Spain and Google v. Costeja Gonzalez case (2014), decided by the European Court of Justice, in which the ECJ ruled that Google must consider requests to remove links to material if the search results “appear to be inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant or excessive in the light of the time that had elapsed.” Here is a link to a factsheet on the “right to be forgotten” guidelines issued by EU Privacy Commissioners. More here from the Guardian on the French ruling.