The 'right to be forgotten' can conflict with free speech

The 'right to be forgotten' can conflict with free speech

by Larry Magid Last year the European Union’s highest court ruled that European citizens have a “right to be forgotten” when it comes to search links to unfavorable Internet posts that are harmful and irrelevant. The court ruled in favor of a Spanish...
Google to remove revenge-porn images from search results

Google to remove revenge-porn images from search results

by Larry Magid Google  announced that it will honor requests from revenge-porn victims to remove links to their images from search results. So-called revenge-porn is a term for nude or sexually explicit images that are posted without the consent of the person...
Google gets kid & family friendly with updates

Google gets kid & family friendly with updates

by Larry Magid: Google kicked off its annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco on Thursday with a long list of announcements, and two are aimed at making the company’s products more friendly for kids, parents and classrooms. The search giant is updating...