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by exbbc 4365 days ago
Indeed it is clumsy because the media is exempt of this ruling.

Which makes me suspect this was an easy way of drawing some media attention, and spreading misinformation.
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magicalist 4365 days ago
The media is exempt from having to censor their own stories, but search engines are not exempt from removing links to media stories.

The whole ruling was about forcing google to remove links to news stories about Costeja González.

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exbbc 4364 days ago
No it wasn't about news stories from legitimate news organisations. This is all misinterpreted by people not knowing the facts nor the law, but lets ignore that and jump on the outrage bandwagon.
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