Internet Censorship Could Happen More Than One Way
A landmark ruling in a ‘‘right to be forgotten” case discourages censorship on a global scale. What happens in individual countries may be a different story.
Yesterday the European Court of Justice rejected France’s attempt to impose the European Union’s “right to be forgotten” on internet users everywhere around the world—a ruling that has been widely celebrated as a win for free speech. The court ruling means that privacy restrictions in Paris won’t dictate which links Google can or can’t include in search results in the United States. The decision also appears to set a precedent for restraint; if the union’s highest court won’t try to force the EU approach on the rest of the world, perhaps other jurisdictions—including more repressive ones such as Russia and Turkey—will refrain from trying to impose their approaches too.
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