France Claims Right To Censor Search Results Globally

Lauren Weinstein writes: I've been waiting for this, much the way one waits for a violent case of food poisoning. France is now officially demanding that Google expand the hideous EU 'Right To Be Forgotten' (RTBF) to Google.com worldwide, instead of just applying it to the appropriate localized (e.g. France) version of Google. And here's my official response as a concerned individual:

To hell with this ... Weinstein's page links to the paywalled WSJ coverage; you might prefer The New York Times or Politico. Related: a court in Canada, according to TechDirt, would like to do something similar, when it comes to expanding its effect on Google results for everyone, not just those who happen to live within its jurisdiction.

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Re:Good Luck

[antiperimetaparalogo]

France -and Europe (note: i am Greek Nationalist)- demands that "Right To Be Forgotten" stupid gag law (one more of our many similar censorship laws) to be enforced internationally, it is just that France is at the moments the most active (and most "anti-Google" because of some other -Sosialistic- reasons also, e.g., publication rights) - if they just wanted to suppress information only inside France they could do it themselves (e.g., implementing a censorship filter inside France for both google.fr AND google.com originated searches), without demanding Google to do it FOR themselves (and that my fellow Yankee barbarians is what makes Europe... Europe: we Europeans don't want to do the "dirty job" because we like to pretend that we are standing is some high moral ground, so we try to export our Communist/Sosialistic morals to the "naive Yankees from the States"... they should take the blame!).

Why, in this "*censorship* from Europe" (that we Europeans do) issue we need to mention the "*wiretaping* from USA" (that both Europeans and Americans do) issue? They are unrelated. Why in this discussion we should try to blame the most free-speech nation in the world, USA, for things that are unrelated to censorship, plus things we Europeans also do? Everyone must understand that i, a European, can not freely (because it is ILLEGAL in Europe - i can go to jail!) say/write about the fucking Muslims, the filthy Niggers, the damn Jews, e.t.c - i can only do it because Yankees, even if they disagree with what i just wrote, at least respect my right to express myself, something that we Europeans try to change on them.

Every American must understand that even if he is not a racist/sexist, e.t.c., like i am, he must protect himself from Europe's attempts to control "the internet" - even if an American is the most anti-Google person, he must protect and support Google, because if France succeeds in this, what's next? Half of Europe was Communist for so long (it was usual for families snitching each other to the authorities because one said something against the state), and the other half was Socialist (admiring the Communist half...) - that's our "legacy", and from there our current "morals"! Do Yankees want to become like that? Do your duty, and protect free-speach.