The European parliament has voted in favour of Google being broken up, in what is a major decision (to say the least) from the EU.
In response to the whole “right to be forgotten” episode which erupted this week following an EU court ruling, Google is apparently readying an online tool to deal with link takedown requests.
Following the EU ruling on the “right to be forgotten”, Google has set up an online form to allow European citizens to request removal of “irrelevant” links from its search engine.
Google News is set to shut down in Spain as a result of new regulations that require the search engine giant to pay Spanish news outlets for linking to their content.
On Friday, when Google’s “Search removal request under European Data Protection law” form went live, the search engine received an avalanche of removal requests.
When users search Google for common health concerns, they’ll receive information immediately in the search engine’s Knowledge Graph.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), a UK authority that aims to uphold information rights, has ordered Google to remove nine links to news stories under the ‘right to be forgotten.’
Google is rejecting the majority of requests it receives under the EU’s controversial “right to be forgotten” ruling.
Google has announced it will unify all of its European, Middle-Eastern and African teams into one EMEA division, headed by Google UK’s Matt Brittin.
Some of the basics of good website branding have been forgotten; it’s not just SEO, says Daniel Foster, technical director and co-founder of WordPress hosting company 34SP.com.
Google is planning to launch child-friendly versions of some of its services, with YouTube and Chrome expected to be among the first products to receive the feature.
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