Russia Adopts Its Own "Right to Be Forgotten" Law - AP

[frogboy]

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The Russian government has passed a bill that will allow any Russian citizen to request online search engines to remove links from their search results, if those links point to material about that citizen's personal or public life and contain outdated information.

The law approved by the Russian State Duma is very similar to the EU's Right To Be Forgotten Law (RTBFL), only that it removes the power from search engines and gives it to state authorities.

In Russia's vision of the RTBFL, search engines can't judge and decide if the information about an individual is still relevant for future searches but have only 10 days to comply with state-issued rulings or face possible sanctions.

This opens the door for abuse, where citizens can remove any online article they don't like, all under the law's umbrella term of "no longer relevant," and using the services of a state apparatus known around the world for its corruption and censorship practices.

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[Kate_L]

Very good move.

 

[Cch123]

I guess there won't be much implications for the wider web. Sure this rule in Russia might be subjected to abuse, but search engines have a habit of strongly resisting censorship. I am guessing that they would only delete the results for people in Russia, while the rest of the web can still find them.