Fuck Maury Blackman, the perpetrator of violence and intimidating lawsuits.
This is the first time they’ve been caught. It would be naive to think this is the only time this has happened. No doubt they’ve scrubbed data of bad actors on their side many times without anyone knowing.
Came here to do what the other 13 of you did. :D
Oh TL;DR they used the refresh-URL function to point to a miscapitalized URL which returned 404 and effectively disappeared the article from Google.
That’s how alleged domestic abuser and surveillance CEO Maury Blackman, or someone with a keen interest in his story about the arrest for such an incident, may have done it.
Ok… Here’s something you should know.
What happened there was suppressing personal data from Google’s search engine. In the EU, that is regarded as a fundamental human right. The “right to be forgotten” is exactly about hiding a shady past. The GDPR gives you the right to demand that Google must omit certain links when people search for your name. Google does comply. You don’t need a court order or anything.
So, you can’t celebrate the GDPR while also condemning what happened here.
