As of June 2020, Google has received over 79,600 requests from individuals in Italy to be delisted from search results. This is in accordance with a May 2014 ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union which permits individuals to submit requests to search providers to delist certain results for queries on the basis of a persons's name.
Number of requests users sent to Google to be removed from queries results in Italy from 2014 to 2020
According to the source, "in a May 2014 ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that individuals have the right to ask search engines like Google to delist certain results about them. This report provides data on the volume of requests, the URLs delisted, the individuals submitting requests, and the content of websites and URLs identified in requests."
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Google. (October 21, 2020). Number of requests users sent to Google to be removed from queries results in Italy from 2014 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/812247/removal-requests-received-by-google-in-italy/
Google. "Number of requests users sent to Google to be removed from queries results in Italy from 2014 to 2020." Chart. October 21, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/812247/removal-requests-received-by-google-in-italy/
Google. (2020). Number of requests users sent to Google to be removed from queries results in Italy from 2014 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/812247/removal-requests-received-by-google-in-italy/
Google. "Number of Requests Users Sent to Google to Be Removed from Queries Results in Italy from 2014 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/812247/removal-requests-received-by-google-in-italy/
Google, Number of requests users sent to Google to be removed from queries results in Italy from 2014 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/812247/removal-requests-received-by-google-in-italy/ (last visited May 19, 2022)
