# When/how did search engines become liable for the results they supply?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-did-search-engines-become-liable-for-the-results-they-supply/690429>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 9, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-did-search-engines-become-liable-for-the-results-they-supply/690429 "2014-06-09T20:32:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-did-search-engines-become-liable-for-the-results-they-supply/690429/21 "2014-06-12T22:06:44Z")

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> [@md2000](#):
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> The danger is, where does it stop? This was some average Jose wanting some bankruptcy details over a decade old removed. If him, why not anybody who was embarrassed? Why not force Google to not report criminal convictions once the sentence was served? Politicians who want scandals removed?

Those are exactly the kind of things that the 40,000 people who have requested removals want to have removed.

The problem with the ruling is that the Court did not give precise guidelines for what removals legitimately fall under its scope. That’s the part that baffles me.

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