A disgraced politician, a pedophile, and a doctor who received negative ratings from patients reportedly are among the hordes of people asking Google to take down links to information published about them. The requests followed Tuesday's preliminary ruling by the European Court of Justice indicating Google may have to remove links to people's names on request, if appropriate. The issue is a "collision between the right to be forgotten and the right to know," Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.In the Eye of the Right-to-Be-Forgotten vs. Right-to-Know Storm
A disgraced politician, a pedophile, and a doctor who received negative ratings from patients reportedly are among the hordes of people asking Google to take down links to information published about them. The requests followed Tuesday's preliminary ruling by the European Court of Justice indicating Google may have to remove links to people's names on request, if appropriate. The issue is a "collision between the right to be forgotten and the right to know," Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Wednesday.
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