Canadian court orders Google to change global search results

Canada's top court rules that Google can be compelled by lower courts to remove search results worldwide, causing concern among civil liberties groups

A country has the right to prevent the world’s Internet users from accessing information, Canada’s highest court ruled on Wednesday.

In a decision that has troubling implications for free expression online, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a company’s effort to force Google to de-list entire domains and websites from its search index, effectively making them invisible to everyone using Google’s search engine

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