Google and the right to be forgotten

Published: April 11, 2023, 2:05 p.m.

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 \u2018right to be forgotten\u2019. \n\nIt\u2019s 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\u2019s the criteria to get yourself removed from Google searches? \n\nTo answer these questions and more, Sean was joined by Eoin O\u2019Dell, Senior Lecturer in Law at Trinity College.