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Google taking requests to censor results in Europe

By Michael Liedtke
Published May 30, 2014 10:38pm ET
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Google taking requests to censor results in Europe
FILE- In this April 17, 2007 file photo, exhibitors of the Google company work on laptop computers in front of an illuminated sign of the Google logo at the industrial fair Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany. Google is starting to accept requests from Europeans who want to erase unflattering information from the results produced by the world's dominant search engine. The demands can be submitted on a Web page that Google opened late Thursday, May 29, 2014, in response to a landmark ruling issued two weeks ago by Europe's highest court. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File) | Jens Meyer

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is accepting requests from Europeans who want to erase unflattering information from the results produced by the world’s dominant search engine.

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