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Re:EU's right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been h... by zorbo on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @05:20PM (#7979802)
> How can you blame a company for doing something they are legally compelled to do?

They're not legally compelled to take action on every request they get. It's just that it's too expensive to look at each request individually.

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Re:EU's right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been h... by marcosdumay on Wednesday July 02, 2014 @06:06PM (#7980087)
How is that not compelling?

They have three choices. One leads to censorship, the other two lead to bankruptcy. Choose.

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