UK responsible for a tenth of all Google ‘right to be forgotten’ requests
Fully one in every 10 ‘right to be forgotten’ requests received by Google arise from the UK, according to figures published by the search giant.
Google revealed it has removed a total of 498,737 links since the ruling was announced by the European Court of Justice in May with 63,616 of these purged as a result of 18,304 requests by Britons.
Amongst those requesting that outdated or irrelevant links be removed include a former clergyman requesting that two links pertaining to sexual abuse allegations against him be deleted.
A doctor also made the list after requesting that 50 links to a botched operation he performed should be pulled from internet searches. Another to request removal was a ‘media professional’ asking for four links to ‘embarrassing content’ he posted to be similarly chopped.
Websites to suffer the largest number of link removals include Facebook with 3,353 and YouTube at 2,392.