By John Glenday

Liberal Democrat justice minister Simon Hughes has weighed into the ongoing row over the so-called ‘right to be forgotten’, by declaring that there is no such thing.

According to The Telegraph Hughes is expected to tell a House of Lords committee later today that individuals do not have an ‘unfettered’ right to ask search firms such as Google to remove links to specific websites as a result of a European Court ruling in May.

This gave European citizens the right to request the de-indexing of content deemed to be ‘inadequate’, ‘irrelevant’ or ‘no longer relevant’, a ruling which initiated howls Read full story ›

Source: The Drum