Vocal Voices

By search engines.

It is hardly surprising that the European Court of Justice made this decision. There are many politicians across the EU who would love to be able to take down damaging revelations about them. Until now it has not been possible. The only way to avoid being publicly branded as a charlatan and avoid that being searchable on Google, was to be a good person and not break rules or laws.

Of course our good EU has now made is that we an all be BAD people and when caught, demand that our misdemeanours are hidden from the "search" light of the web.

More good decisions from our lords and masters in Brussels and Strasburg.

Lest we forget. We, the British, have one vote in 27 to stop legislation like this.... Feeling confident that our 26 neighbours in our "club" will also want to stop it???? Or even half of them?

Oh, I don't know. It is not as though the information is to be deleted, erased or shredded in some sort of Met Police operation. It will still be on the Internet just not generally available through open-to-all search engines. There is also a "public interest" element to what can and cannot be removed.

The initial case was brought by a Mario Costeja Gonzalez whose house was auctioned 16 years ago when he was in financial difficulties. That information will only be of relevance to very few people, not the whole world or even all of Spain. Why should he not have it removed?

However, Cabinet Minister, Chris Hune, getting his wife to take his penalty points on her licence, then lieing about it, then being sent to jail, then being employed as a moral compass by a newspaper, will always be in the public interest.

The Internet and its search engines are not even needed to get information for a whole host of subjects

But, in fact, like Facebook, they are the first place most people go. Anyone else will have to dig, hard.

It is censorship and will be used to remove information that is embarassing to those who rule us.