Can Europe Force Search Engines to Censor Information? Assessing the Right to be Forgotten

Published: Aug. 11, 2014, 2:36 p.m.

b'Date: August 8, 2014\\n\\nIn May, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Google and other search engines must consider requests by any EU citizen to delete information about them, under a policy known as \\u201cthe right to be forgotten.\\u201d Google alone has processed more than 90,000 take down requests since May. Europe\\u2019s new privacy right clashes with other deeply held values such as freedom of expression and transparency. Many observers are concerned that the EU\\u2019s approach could even affect American Internet users. EU privacy regulators have suggested that the search engines must delete results not only within the EU, but globally, in spite of our First Amendment rights to publish and view the information.\\n\\nSpeakers:\\nMike Godwin, Senior Policy Advisor, Internews\\nJoe Jerome, Policy Counsel, Future of Privacy Forum\\nEmma Llans\\xf3, Director of CDT\\u2019s Project on Free Expression, Center for Democracy and Technology\\nRob Pegoraro, Columnist, Yahoo Tech\\nDavid Hoffman, Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer, Intel\\nMichael Kubayanda, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee'