Google have begun the process of removing links to stories about people under the new EU "Right To Be Forgotten" law. All you do is fill in a form and request it.
Northern Irish news stories are one of the first to be hit by this.
Several articles about a story from 2001 about brothers Kenneth and Alan Patterson being convicted for bomb making have been removed from the search giants web results.
It appears as if someone who was implicated but not convicted has made the request, which is fair enough from their point of view, however it is important to remember that Kenneth and Alan Patterson were convicted. For trying to kill people.
No doubt the Streisand effect will be in full force as it takes very little detective work to find who has made the request (which Google will not release and i won't post here).
You do not have to give any reason to be 'forgotten' and have any offending links removed, which is concerning when people have generally done bad things and Googling them is a good way to find this out.
We all know nothing is every truly 'forgotten' on the internet. Just because it's not on Google, doesn't mean it's not there.
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