As explained last night by Danny Sullivan, the Right to Be Forgotten has gone into effect in Europe, and Google has put up its “please remove me” request form. Officially called a “search removal request” form, it asks petitioners to submit the links they want removed, explain why and verify their identities.
Specifically, Google asks users to “explain how this URL in search results is irrelevant, outdated or otherwise inappropriate.” This is essentially the same vague, verbatim language used by the Luxembourg-based European Union Court of Justice in its earlier ruling…