Monday, August 11, 2014

‘Right to Be Forgotten’ has a negative impact on Wikimedia


Well-known Web Design in Cambodia, Digital Marketing Agency, After the Right to be Forgotten was in effect, the Wikimedia Foundation revealed it has got many notices of intent to remove Wikipedia content from European search results.

According to Wikimedia, Google has received more than 91,000 removal requests involving more than 328,000 links as of July 18 and more than 50 percent of the URLs processed have been removed. And, as of August 6, the notices affect more than 50 links directing readers to Wikipedia sites.

Lila Tretikov, executive director of Wikimedia, says the organization will be posting notices for each indefinite removal of Wikipedia search results. The European court “abandoned its responsibility to protect one of the most important and universal rights: the right to seek, receive and impart information.”


‘Right to Be Forgotten’ has a negative impact on Wikimedia

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