National Policy Atlas · aep-001757
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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| Remedy | Policy text (automated reading) | Practice (automated reading) |
|---|---|---|
| Removal / unpublishing | Not addressed | None found |
| Search-engine de-indexing | Both permitted and ruled out in policy text | None found |
| Anonymization or redaction | Not addressed | None found |
| Update for later developments | Not addressed | — |
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6 quotes from this newsroom's own pages, found automatically
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- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 2354
Use our logos to, or in connection with, content that disparages us or sullies the Reporters Committee’s reputation.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 2420
In an argument before the CJEU in Sept. 2018, and in a friend-of-the-court brief submitted in support of Google in Nov. 2017, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press explained that forcing search engines to take down links worldwide that have been delisted in the EU would inhibit the press and public’s access to news and information.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 2421
In a decision today that has international implications for newsgathering and access to information, the Court of Justice of the European Union, Europe’s high court, ruled that Google and other search engines cannot be required to apply the so-called “right to be forgotten” worldwide.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 2422
According to the court, when Google and other search engines receive requests from European Union citizens to delist, or take down, links to certain results that appear when looking up their name, they must only do so within the EU and not elsewhere.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 2423
“The CJEU’s decision helps ensure that search engines can remain both a crucial avenue for journalists to find information, and for the public to access news that informs our communities, promotes debate, and facilitates the exchange of ideas.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 2424
The Reporters Committee first intervened in the case when it rallied a media coalition to send a letter to the French data privacy authority in 2015 expressing concern over its order that Google implement worldwide delisting of links taken down in the EU.
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The Archive Ethics Project. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (aep-001757). National Policy Atlas. https://archiveethics.org/atlas/reporters-committee-for-freedom-of-the-press. Accessed Oct 11, 2026.
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