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21 April 2016

Amsterdam District Court Approves Search Engine's Refusal To Delete Search Results

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On January 7, an Amsterdam District Court denied (source document in Dutch) a journalist's request to order an internet search engine to delete a search result showing a newspaper article on plagiarism committed by the journalist.
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On January 7, an Amsterdam District Court denied (source document in Dutch) a journalist's request to order an internet search engine to delete a search result showing a newspaper article on plagiarism committed by the journalist. In its opinion, the Court reasoned that: (i) the journalist is still active; (ii) the information in the article is relevant for the journalist's target audience; and (iii) prospective employers should be able to judge the severity of the offense committed by the journalist.

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