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Google and the right to be forgotten

According to an article in the Independent today a convicted criminals were able to get search results for articles about them taken off Google under the ‘right to be forgotten’. It’s raised the question then, how easy is this process and how come Google seems to be able to hold this power? Is the public interest considered throughout this process? And what’s the criteria to get yourself removed from Google searches? To answer these questions and more, Sean was joined by Eoin O’Dell, Senior Lecturer in Law at Trinity College.

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14.05 11 Apr 2023


Google and the right to be forgotten


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14.05 11 Apr 2023


According to an article in the Independent today a convicted criminals were able to get search results for articles about them taken off Google under the ‘right to be forgotten’.

It’s raised the question then, how easy is this process and how come Google seems to be able to hold this power? Is the public interest considered throughout this process? And what’s the criteria to get yourself removed from Google searches?

To answer these questions and more, Sean was joined by Eoin O’Dell, Senior Lecturer in Law at Trinity College.


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