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Who is the returning UK politician who wants Google to cover up their past?
Google faces deluge of requests to wipe details from search index
The Guardian understands that the applications have been made to remove links to information that the complainants say is outdated or irrelevant including, in the UK, a former politician who is now seeking office and wishes information about their behaviour while in office to be removed. A man convicted of possessing child abuse images has demanded links to pages about his conviction are taken out of the index, while a doctor has said that negative reviews from patients should not be searchable.
In total hundreds of people have made claims across Europe since the ruling was released on Tuesday morning.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/15/hundreds-google-wipe-details-search-index-right-forgotten
The Guardian understands that the applications have been made to remove links to information that the complainants say is outdated or irrelevant including, in the UK, a former politician who is now seeking office and wishes information about their behaviour while in office to be removed. A man convicted of possessing child abuse images has demanded links to pages about his conviction are taken out of the index, while a doctor has said that negative reviews from patients should not be searchable.
In total hundreds of people have made claims across Europe since the ruling was released on Tuesday morning.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/15/hundreds-google-wipe-details-search-index-right-forgotten
Neil Hamilton, perhaps, now standing for Wandsworth council? http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/election2014/11183254.Controversial_former_MP_Neil_Hamilton_running_to_be_a_councillor_in_Wandsworth/
